Observation of Dissipative Soliton Resonance in a Net-Normal Dispersion Figure-of-Eight Fiber Laser

Author

Jin-hui Yang ; Chun-yu Guo ; Shuang-chen Ruan ; De-qin Ouyang ; Huai-qin Lin ; Yi-Ming Wu ; Ru-hua Wen

Author_Institution

Shenzhen Key Lab. of Laser Eng., Shenzhen Univ., Shenzhen, China

Volume

5

Issue

3

fYear

2013

fDate

Jun-13

Firstpage

1500806

Lastpage

1500806

Abstract

High-energy square pulses operating in dissipative soliton resonance region are experimentally observed in an erbium-doped figure-of-eight fiber laser with large net-normal dispersion for the first time to our knowledge. The dissipative soliton resonance is achieved by using the nonlinear-amplifying-loop-mirror mode-locked technique. The output pulse duration broadens linearly with the increase of pump power, while the peak power maintains a constant value. At the maximum pump power of 620 mW, the intracavity pulse energy is up to 379.2 nJ, and the average output power is 14.02 mW.

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; optical solitons; dissipative soliton resonance; energy 379.2 nJ; figure-of-eight fiber laser; high energy square pulses; intracavity pulse energy; net-normal dispersion; nonlinear amplifying loop mirror mode locked technique; power 14.02 mW; power 620 mW; pump power; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers; Fiber lasers; mode-locked lasers; solitons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0655

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2265982

Filename

6522451