Abstract
We report on a polarimetry of harmonic mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser with carbon nanotubes saturable absorber. We find new types of vector solitons with locked, switching and precessing states of polarization. The underlying physics presents interplay between birefringence of a laser cavity created by polarization controller along with light induced anisotropy caused by polarization hole burning.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 15211-15217 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Optics Express |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 12 |
Early online date | 13 Jun 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 16 Jun 2014 |
Bibliographical note
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This work was funded by the Marie Curie Action FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF, HARMOFIRE project, Grant No 299288, by the EPSRC (project UNLOC, EP/J017582/1), European Research Council (ULTRALASER) and FP7-PEOPLE-2012 IAPP (project GRIFFON, No 324391).