Title :
Observation of stable bound soliton pairs in a 10 GHz actively FM mode-locked Er-fiber laser
Author :
Hsiang, Wei-Wei ; Lin, Chien-Yu ; Lai, Yinchieh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao-Tung Univ., Hsinchu
Abstract :
Stable bound soliton pairs are experimentally observed in a 10-GHz actively FM mode-locked Er-fiber laser for the first time. The corresponding mechanisms for explaining the formation of these closely bound soliton pairs are also given.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; optical solitons; Er; FM mode locked; fiber laser; frequency 10 GHz; stable bound soliton pairs; Fiber lasers; Frequency modulation; Interference; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Laser theory; Optical feedback; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; (060.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons; (140.3510) Laser, fiber; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628777
