Abstract
Nonlinearity plays a critical role in the intra-cavity dynamics of high-pulse energy fiber lasers. Management of the intra-cavity nonlinear dynamics is the key to increase the output pulse energy in such laser systems. Here, we examine the impact of the order of the intra-cavity elements on the energy of generated pulses in the all-normal dispersion mode-locked ring fiber laser cavity. In mathematical terms, the nonlinear light dynamics in resonator makes operators corresponding to the action of laser elements (active and passive fiber, out-coupler, saturable absorber) non-commuting and the order of their appearance in a cavity important. For the simple design of all-normal dispersion ring fiber laser with varying cavity length, we found the order of the cavity elements, leading to maximum output pulse energy.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Journal |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 16 Mar 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2015 |
Bibliographical note
CC-BY© 2015 IEEE. Translations and content mining are permitted for academic research only. Personal use is also permitted, but republication/redistribution requires IEEE permission. See http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/index.html for more information.
Funding: Russian Science Foundation under Grant 14-21-00110. Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Grant 14.B25.31.0003 and ERC project ULTRALASER.
Keywords
- fiber lasers
- ring lasers