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

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

doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2010268

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

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

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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 toward achieving high peak power, high-energy pulses in both the anomalous and normal dispersion regimes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	220-231
Number of pages	12
Journal	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2010268
Publication status	Published - 3 Feb 2009

Keywords

lasers
mode-locked lasers
solitons
waveguide arrays

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