Dispersion and nonlinearity-management in mode-locked fibre lasers

Brandon G. Bale; Sonia Boscolo; Sergei K. Turitsyn

doi:10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192842

Dispersion and nonlinearity-management in mode-locked fibre lasers

Brandon G. Bale, Sonia Boscolo, Sergei K. Turitsyn

Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT)

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Abstract

In this work we extend theory of dispersion-managed (DM) solitons to dissipative systems with the main focus on applications in mode-locked lasers. In general, pulses in mode-locked fibre lasers experience both nonlinear and dispersion management per cavity round trip. In stretched-pulse lasers, this concept was utilized to obtain high energy pulses. Here we model the pulse propagation in a mode-locked fibre laser with a distributed nonlinear and DM Ginzburg-Landau type equation. We extend existing results on DM solitons and investigate the impact on soliton properties of dissipative perturbations that occur due to the effects of gain amplification, saturable absorption, and loss. In conclusion, in contrast to standard DM solitons in Hamiltonian systems, dissipative DM solitons do exist at high map strengths, thus opening a way for the generation of stable, short pulses with high energy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - European Quantum Electronics Conference 2009 (CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2009)
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4244-4080-1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-4079-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192842
Publication status	Published - 7 Aug 2009
Event	European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009 - Munich, Germany Duration: 14 Jun 2009 → 19 Jun 2009

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Conference	European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	14/06/09 → 19/06/09

Keywords

Delta modulation
fiber lasers
solitons
pulse amplifiers
optical pulses
optical propagation
optical fiber theory
laser theory
laser mode locking
laser applications

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Bale, BG, Boscolo, S & Turitsyn, SK 2009, Dispersion and nonlinearity-management in mode-locked fibre lasers. in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - European Quantum Electronics Conference 2009 (CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2009). Conference publications, IEEE, European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009, Munich, Germany, 14/06/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192842

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Dispersion and nonlinearity-management in mode-locked fibre lasers

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