Generation of dissipative solitons in an actively mode-locked ultralong fibre laser

N.A. Koliada; B.N. Nyushkov; A.V. Ivanenko; Sergey M. Kobtsev; Paul Harper; Sergei K. Turitsyn; Vladimir I. Denisov; V.S. Pivtsov

doi:10.1070/QE2013v043n02ABEH015041

Generation of dissipative solitons in an actively mode-locked ultralong fibre laser

N.A. Koliada, B.N. Nyushkov, A.V. Ivanenko, Sergey M. Kobtsev, Paul Harper, Sergei K. Turitsyn, Vladimir I. Denisov, V.S. Pivtsov

Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT)

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A single-pulse actively mode-locked fibre laser with a cavity length exceeding 1 km has been developed and investigated for the first time. This all-fibre erbium-doped laser has a normal intracavity dispersion and generates dissipative 8-ns solitons with a fundamental repetition rate of 163.8 kHz; the energy per pulse reaches 34 nJ. The implemented mode locking, based on the use of intracavity intensity modulator, provides self-triggering and high stability of pulsed lasing. A possibility of continuous tuning of the centre lasing wavelength in the range of 1558 - 1560 nm without any tunable spectral selective elements in the cavity is demonstrated. The tuning occurs when controlling the modulation signal frequency due to the forced change in the pulse repetition time (group delay) under the conditions of intracavity chromatic dispersion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	95-98
Number of pages	4
Journal	Quantum Electronics
Volume	43
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2013v043n02ABEH015041
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

active mode locking
dissipative solitons
ultralong fibre laser

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Generation of dissipative solitons in an actively mode-locked ultralong fibre laser

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