Title :
Stable fundamental and higher order pulses in a fibre laser with frequency shifted feedback
Author :
Sabert, H. ; Brinkmeyer, Ernst
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Abstract :
The Kerr-type nonlinearity in an amplifying fibre may initiate the spontaneous formation of short pulses in Er3+-and Nd3+-fibre lasers with intracavity frequency shifters. A numerical model and experiments are presented which show that besides a single pulse per cavity roundtrip, higher order soliton-like solutions exist.
Keywords :
erbium; feedback; fibre lasers; laser tuning; neodymium; optical frequency conversion; optical solitons; Er 3+-fibre lasers; Kerr-type nonlinearity; Nd 3+-fibre lasers; amplifying fibre; cavity roundtrip; fibre laser; frequency shifted feedback; higher order soliton-like solutions; intracavity frequency shifters; numerical model; short pulses; single pulse; spontaneous formation; stable fundamental order pulses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931419
