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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
