Title :
Amplifier similariton fibre laser with nonlinear spectral compression
Author :
Boscolo, Stefano ; Turitsyn, S.K. ; Finot, C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonic Technol., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We propose and numerically demonstrate a new concept of fibre laser architecture supporting self-similar pulse evolution in the amplifier and nonlinear pulse spectral compression in the passive fibre. The latter process is beneficial for improving the power efficiency as it prevents strong spectral filtering from being highly dissipative.
Keywords :
fractals; nonlinear optics; numerical analysis; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse compression; amplifier similariton fibre laser; nonlinear pulse spectral compression; numerical analysis; passive fibre; power efficiency; self-similar pulse evolution; Bandwidth; Cavity resonators; Chirp; Dispersion; Fiber lasers; Gain; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
