Optimizing waveguide array mode-locking for high-power fiber lasers

Brandon G. Bale; J. Nathan Kutz; Bjorn Sandstede

doi:10.1117/12.837785

Optimizing waveguide array mode-locking for high-power fiber lasers

Brandon G. Bale, J. Nathan Kutz, Bjorn Sandstede

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Abstract

A comprehensive theoretical treatment is given of the mode-locking dynamics produced by the intensity discrimination (saturable absorption) generated by the nonlinear mode-coupling in a waveguide array. Emphasis is placed on the mode-locking stability as a function of the critical physical parameters in the laser cavity. The theoretical characterization of the laser cavity's stability and dynamics allows for a comprehensive optimization of the laser cavity parameters towards achieving high peak-power, high-energy pulses in both the anomalous and normal dispersion regimes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Subtitle of host publication	Photonics North 2009
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	7386
ISBN (Print)	9780819476685
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.837785
Publication status	Published - 20 Nov 2009
Event	Photonics North 2009 - Laval, QC, United Kingdom Duration: 24 May 2009 → 27 May 2009

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Conference	Photonics North 2009
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Laval, QC
Period	24/05/09 → 27/05/09

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Mode-locked lasers
Waveguide arrays

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