Comment on \”GHz pulse train generation in fiber lasers by cavity induced modulation instability\”

Year: 2015

Authors: Wabnitz S.

Autors Affiliation: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Università degli Studi di Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Ital

Abstract: A recent invited paper (Tang et al., 2014) reports the experimental observation of the generation of stable pulse trains in a ring fiber laser with repetition rates varying in the range between 3 GHz and 285 GHz. Contrary to what is stated, the theory published in that invited paper does not support the claim that the generation mechanism of the pulse train is the cavity induced modulation instability effect. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Journal/Review: OPTICAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY

Volume: 25      Pages from: 13  to: 14

KeyWords: Fiber lasers; Fibers; Modulation; Pulse generators; Pulse repetition rate; Q switched lasers, Cavity induced modulations; Generation mechanism; Mode-locked laser; Modulation instabilities; Nonlinear Fiber-Optics; Pulse-train generation; Repetition rate; Ultrafast fiber lasers, Mode-locked fiber lasers
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2015.05.013

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