Soliton fiber ring laser stabilization and tuning with a broad intracavity filter

Author

Tamura, K. ; Doerr, C.R. ; Haus, H.A. ; Ippen, E.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

6

Issue

6

fYear

1994

fDate

6/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

697

Lastpage

699

Abstract

The periodic perturbations to the soliton in passively mode-locked fiber soliton lasers cause dispersive wave shedding, which lead to sharp spectral sidebands that limit pulse duration. By using a broad intracavity birefringent plate filter, the side-bands are greatly reduced, and the pulse duration is shortened. The filter also allows wavelength tuning, and a 43 nm continuous tuning range is demonstrated for pulses of 311-357 is duration in a fully self-starting diode pumped system.<>

Keywords

fibre lasers; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical fibres; optical filters; optical solitons; ring lasers; 311 to 357 fs; broad intracavity birefringent plate filter; continuous tuning range; dispersive wave shedding; fully self-starting diode pumped system; passively mode-locked fiber soliton lasers; periodic perturbations; pulse duration; sharp spectral sidebands; soliton fiber ring laser stabilization; soliton fiber ring laser tuning; wavelength tuning; Birefringence; Dispersion; Fiber lasers; Filters; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Optical pulses; Ring lasers; Solitons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.300166

Filename

300166