Title :
Control of harmonic mode-locking in a fiber laser by continuous external optical injection
Author :
Niang, Alioune ; Amrani, Foued ; Salhi, Mohammed ; Leblond, HerveÌ ; Komarov, Andrey ; Sanchez, F.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Photonique d´Angers EA 4464, LUNAM Univ., Angers, France
Abstract :
The effect of an external continuous wave (cw) on the operating regime of a passively mode locked double-clad fiber laser, operating in the anomalous dispersion regime, is experimentally investigated. Starting from different soliton distributions, we demonstrate that, under specific conditions, the cw signal forces the principal laser to operate in harmonic mode-locking regime. This effect is fully reversible and does not exhibit any hysteresis phenomena.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical control; optical solitons; anomalous dispersion regime; continuous external optical injection; external continuous wave; harmonic mode-locking control; passively mode locked double-clad fiber laser; soliton distributions; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Solitons; external cw injection; fiber laser; harmonic mode-locking; high power; soliton crystal; soliton gas;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Graz
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876669
