Title :
Noise and stability in giant-chirp oscillators mode-locked with a nanotube-based saturable absorber
Author :
Kelleher, E.J.R. ; Travers, J.C. ; Sun, Z. ; Ferrari, A.C. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Femtosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
We compare experimental results showing stable dissipative-soliton solutions exist in mode-locked lasers with ultra-large normal dispersion (as large as 21.5 ps2), with both the analytic framework provided by Haus´ master-equation and full numerical simulations.
Keywords :
Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Numerical simulation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Ring lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
