Tunable erbium-ytterbium fiber sliding-frequency soliton laser

Year: 1995

Authors: Romagnoli M., Wabnitz S., Franco P., Midrio M., Fontana F., Town G.E.

Autors Affiliation: Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Via B. Castiglione 59, Livermore, Rome, 00142, Italy; Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informatica, Università di Padova, Via G. Gradenigo 6/A, Padova, 35131, Italy; Pirelli Cavi s.p.a., Viale Sarca 202, Milano, 20146, Italy; Sydney University Electrical Engineering, Sydney University, New South Wales, Sydney, 2006, Australia

Abstract: We characterize the soliton-train emission from an Er-Yb-doped fiber loop laser. We discuss the self-starting dynamics and pulse-repetition-rate control in this sliding-frequency soliton laser. We show that the laser truly self-starts after only one cavity round trip. In the steady state the laser emits a closely spaced train of solitons. We also show that the output pulse width may be controlled by the interplay of continuous frequency shifting, bandwidth-limited amplification, and nonlinear polarization rotation of the circulating solitons. The repetition rate is fixed by means of a weak intracavity feedback. The laser is tunable by shifting of the filter wavelength through the whole spectral band of the active fiber.

Journal/Review: JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS

Volume: 12 (1)      Pages from: 72  to: 76

KeyWords: Mode-locking; Generation
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.12.000072

Citations: 36
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