Self-starting, passively mode-locked Fabry-Perot fiber soliton laser using nonlinear polarization evolution

Author

Matsas, V.J. ; Loh, W.H. ; Richardson, D.J.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Res. Center, Southampton Univ., UK

Volume

5

Issue

5

fYear

1993

fDate

5/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

492

Lastpage

494

Abstract

The authors demonstrate pure self-starting mode-locked operation in a fiber Fabry-Perot cavity. The laser produces 1.6 ps transform-limited soliton pulses by means of nonlinear polarization evolution in conjunction with an intracavity fiber polarizer. This laser system can be used for the generation and study of soliton pulses in the picosecond regime. With a careful choice of the fiber dispersion and fiber length, the system should also be able to operate in the femtosecond regime. The advantage of the system over existing self-starting fiber soliton lasers is that an optical isolator (an expensive component) is not required. The replacement of the two mirrors with fiber reflection gratings would make this configuration a truly all-fiber device.<>

Keywords

fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser accessories; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical polarisers; optical solitons; 1.6 ps; Fabry-Perot fiber soliton laser; diffraction gratings; femtosecond regime; fiber Fabry-Perot cavity; fiber dispersion; fiber length; fiber reflection gratings; intracavity fiber polarizer; laser system; nonlinear optics; nonlinear polarization evolution; passively mode-locked; picosecond regime; self-starting; transform-limited soliton pulses; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Solitons; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.215258

Filename

215258