Active and passive modulation methods for management of passive mode-locked fiber lasers

Author

Komarov, Andrey ; Komarov, Konstantin ; Haboucha, Adil ; Sanchez, François

Author_Institution

CNRS, Univ. d´´Angers, Angers

fYear

2008

fDate

11-13 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

On basis of numerical simulation we have studied the characteristic generation instability arising from inertial modulation of gain-losses and refractive index of an intracavity laser medium. Such modulation is used as a method for management of interaction of ultrashort pulses in the laser resonator. The modulation due to an electro-optical feedback loop is considered also. In the case of such modulation the analyzed instability can be suppressed.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical losses; refractive index; active modulation method; characteristic generation instability; electro-optical feedback loop; inertial modulation; intracavity laser medium; laser resonator; numerical simulation; passive mode-locked fiber lasers; passive modulation method; refractive index; ultrashort pulses; Character generation; Electrooptic modulators; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Lasers and electrooptics; Numerical simulation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Refractive index; dissipative solitons; fiber laser; numerical simulation; passive mode-locking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mediterranean Winter, 2008. ICTON-MW 2008. 2nd ICTON

Conference_Location

Marrakech

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3484-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3485-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTONMW.2008.4773054

Filename

4773054