DocumentCode
546950
Title
Simultaneous passive coherent combining and mode locking in fiber laser arrays
Author
Zhang, Chao ; Chang, Wei-Zung ; Galvanauskas, Almantas ; Winful, Herbert G.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We present a detailed model of a multi-fiber interferometric resonator with a saturable absorber in the output arm. The results demonstrate coherent combining and the generation of mode locked pulses whose repetition rate depends on fiber length difference.
Keywords
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical resonators; optical saturable absorption; fiber laser arrays; mode locked pulse generation; mode locking; multifiber interferometric resonator; passive coherent combining; saturable absorber; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Mathematical model; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5951166
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