Vector solitons in mode locked fibre lasers

Author

Sergeyev, Sergey V. ; Mou, Chengbo ; Habruseva, T. ; Tsatourian, Veronika ; Jacobsen, G. ; Popov, Serge ; Turitsyn, S.K.

Author_Institution

Aston Inst. of Photonic Technol., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We overview our recent results on polarisation dynamics of vector solitons in erbium doped fibre laser mode locked with carbon nanotubes. Our experimental and theoretical study revealed new families of vector solitons for fundamental and bound-state soliton operations. The observed scenario of the evolution of the states of polarisation (SOPs) on the Poincare sphere includes fast polarisation switching between two and three SOPs along with slow SOP evolution on a double scroll chaotic attractor. The underlying physics presents an interplay between effects of birefringence of the laser cavity and light induced anisotropy caused by polarisation hole burning.

Keywords

birefringence; carbon nanotubes; erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; nanophotonics; optical fibre polarisation; optical hole burning; optical solitons; optical switches; Poincare sphere; SOP; birefringence; bound-state soliton operations; carbon nanotubes; double scroll chaotic attractor; erbium doped fibre laser; fast polarisation switching; fundamental soliton operations; laser cavity; light induced anisotropy; mode locked fibre lasers; polarisation dynamics; polarisation hole burning; polarisation states; vector solitons; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Mathematical model; Optical fibers; Solitons; Vectors; dissipative solitons; mode locked laser; polarisation dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876668

Filename

6876668