Title :
SolitonWake instability in a SESAM modelocked fiber laser
Author :
Shaokang Wang ; Menyuk, Curtis R. ; Sinclair, Laura ; Coddington, Ian ; Newbury, Nathan
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We describe the nonlinear evolution profile of the soliton wake instability in a single-polarization SESAM modelocked fiber laser system. We show that it leads to quasi-periodicity.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical fibre polarisation; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; nonlinear evolution profile; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; single-polarization SESAM modelocked fiber laser system; soliton wake instability; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Mathematical model; Numerical models; Semiconductor lasers; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA