Title :
Effect of the birefringent beat length on variability in passively modelocked fiber lasers
Author :
Marks, Brian S. ; Carruthers, Thomas F. ; Menyuk, Curtis R.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
Birefringence leads to sensitivity of the power transfer to polarization controller settings in passively modelocked fiber lasers that use nonlinear polarization rotation for fast saturable absorption. Shorter beat lengths lead to easier modelocking.
Keywords :
birefringence; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical control; optical fibre polarisation; optical rotation; optical saturable absorption; birefringent beat length; fast saturable absorption; nonlinear polarization rotation; passively mode-locked fiber lasers; polarization controller; power transfer; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Power lasers; Sensitivity; Standards;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
