Title :
Wide-spectrum multi-soliton complex in Er/Yb-doped fiber amplifier
Author :
Kang, Jin U. ; Do-Hyun Kim ; Khurgin, Jacob B. ; Akhmediev, N.N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally investigated wide-spectrum multi-soliton complexes in high power Er/Yb-doped fiber amplifier. The multi-soliton complex with the spectral bandwidth in excess of 100 nm is bound by the Kerr nonlinearity and exhibit stable propagation.
Keywords :
erbium; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre amplifiers; optical solitons; ytterbium; Er,Yb-codoped fiber amplifier; Kerr nonlinearity; autocorrelation pulse shape; bound state; high power laser; multiple frequency components; passively mode-locked laser; self-focusing; spectral characteristics; stable propagation; temporal characteristics; wide-spectrum multisoliton complex; Erbium; Fiber lasers; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical propagation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.968025
