Bound Soliton Fiber Laser Mode-Locking Without Saturable Absorption Effect

Stable bound soliton laser mode-locking is experimentally demonstrated in an environmentally stable hybrid mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser without incorporating (equivalent) nonlinear saturable absorption effects. The laser has a sigma-type cavity and exhibits a higher threshold for single to bound...

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Main Authors: Cheng-Jhih Luo, Sheng-Min Wang, Yinchieh Lai
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Published: IEEE 2016-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7493678/
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description Stable bound soliton laser mode-locking is experimentally demonstrated in an environmentally stable hybrid mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser without incorporating (equivalent) nonlinear saturable absorption effects. The laser has a sigma-type cavity and exhibits a higher threshold for single to bound soliton mode-locking state transition. A nonlinear eigenstate analysis based on the master equation model and the concept of steady-state lasing gain is developed to more physically explain the observed mode-locking state transition phenomena.
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spelling doaj-art-25a8a49ab87d4967bdd812de8be227472025-08-20T02:38:11ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552016-01-01841910.1109/JPHOT.2016.25819807493678Bound Soliton Fiber Laser Mode-Locking Without Saturable Absorption EffectCheng-Jhih Luo0Sheng-Min Wang1Yinchieh Lai2Department of Photonics and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TaiwanDepartment of Photonics and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TaiwanDepartment of Photonics and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TaiwanStable bound soliton laser mode-locking is experimentally demonstrated in an environmentally stable hybrid mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser without incorporating (equivalent) nonlinear saturable absorption effects. The laser has a sigma-type cavity and exhibits a higher threshold for single to bound soliton mode-locking state transition. A nonlinear eigenstate analysis based on the master equation model and the concept of steady-state lasing gain is developed to more physically explain the observed mode-locking state transition phenomena.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7493678/Fiber lasersMode-locked lasersUltrafast Lasers
spellingShingle Cheng-Jhih Luo
Sheng-Min Wang
Yinchieh Lai
Bound Soliton Fiber Laser Mode-Locking Without Saturable Absorption Effect
IEEE Photonics Journal
Fiber lasers
Mode-locked lasers
Ultrafast Lasers
title Bound Soliton Fiber Laser Mode-Locking Without Saturable Absorption Effect
title_full Bound Soliton Fiber Laser Mode-Locking Without Saturable Absorption Effect
title_fullStr Bound Soliton Fiber Laser Mode-Locking Without Saturable Absorption Effect
title_full_unstemmed Bound Soliton Fiber Laser Mode-Locking Without Saturable Absorption Effect
title_short Bound Soliton Fiber Laser Mode-Locking Without Saturable Absorption Effect
title_sort bound soliton fiber laser mode locking without saturable absorption effect
topic Fiber lasers
Mode-locked lasers
Ultrafast Lasers
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7493678/
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