DocumentCode
1133331
Title
Birefringence-Induced Trains of High-Rate Pulses in a Mode-Locked Fiber Laser
Author
Zadok, Avi ; Sendowski, Jacob ; Yariv, Amnon
Author_Institution
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Volume
1
Issue
2
fYear
2009
Firstpage
128
Lastpage
134
Abstract
The output of a mode-locked erbium-doped ring fiber laser incorporating a section of a polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber is investigated in both numerical simulations and experiments. With proper inline polarization control, the laser can be set to emit a train of pulses, separated by the differential group delay of the PM section. Repetition rates as high as 500 GHz are experimentally observed. The results provide an added insight into the role of birefringence in mode-locked lasers based on nonlinear polarization rotation.
Keywords
birefringence; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; light polarisation; birefringence-induced trains; high-rate pulses; mode-locked fiber laser; polarization-maintaining fiber; proper inline polarization control; Birefringence; Delay; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Numerical simulation; Optical control; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Ring lasers; Fiber lasers; mode-locked lasers; picosecond phenomena;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Journal, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1943-0655
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JPHOT.2009.2027441
Filename
5164902
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