Inter-resonance soliton generation and trapping

Author

Cristiani, I. ; Romagnoli, M. ; France, F. ; Paoletti, A. ; Socci, L.

Author_Institution

Ist. Nazionale per la Fisica della Mater., Pavia Univ., Italy

Volume

10

Issue

11

fYear

1998

Firstpage

1557

Lastpage

1559

Abstract

We show a new type of actively mode-locked fiber laser that, despite the 2.5-km-long cavity and the average group-velocity dispersion of -20 ps/sup 2//km, generates solitons with duration of 2/spl divide/4 ps, 1-GHz repetition rate and timing jitter of 0.7 ps. Such short solitons are generated in an inter-resonance condition that favors a highly stable propagation regime. Soliton duration and timing jitter are both controlled by the self-frequency-modulation due to the background radiation emitted by the solitons themselves.

Keywords

fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; jitter; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical fibre communication; optical solitons; stability; 0.7 ps; 2 ps; 2.5 km; 4 ps; GHz repetition rate; actively mode-locked fiber laser; average group-velocity dispersion; background radiation; highly stable propagation regime; inter-resonance condition; inter-resonance soliton generation; ps soliton generation; self-frequency-modulation; short solitons; soliton duration; soliton trapping; timing jitter; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical coupling; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Timing jitter;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.726748

Filename

726748