Active mode locking of tunable multi-wavelength fiber ring laser

Yao, Jian; Yao, Jianping; Wang, Yong; Tjin, Swee Chuan; Zhou, Yan; Lam, Yee Loy; Liu, Jian; Lu, Chao

doi:10.1016/s0030-4018(01)01154-3

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“…The stability of passive [14][15] and active [16] mode-locking regimes of the operation of fiber lasers helps to make them compact sturdy devices operating in the alignment-free mode. Passive mode-locked fiber lasers are also popular as sources of ultra-short pulses [17].…”

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Dissipative soliton fiber lasers with higher-order nonlinearity, multiphoton absorption and emission, and random dispersion

2017

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We study the generation of dissipative solitons (DSs) in the model of the fiber-laser cavities under the combined action of cubic-quintic nonlinearity, multiphoton absorption and/or multiphoton emission (nonlinear gain) and gain dispersion. A random component of the group-velocity dispersion (GVD) is included too. The DS creation and propagation is studied by means of a variational approximation and direct simulations, which are found to be in reasonable agreement. With a proper choice of the gain, robust DS operation regimes are predicted for different combinations of multiphoton absorption and emission, in spite of the presence of the perturbation in the form of the random GVD. Importantly, the zero background around the solitons remains stable in the presence of the (necessary) linear gain. The solitons are stable too against a certain (realistic) level of noise. Another essential finding is that the quintic gain in the form of three-photon emission (3PE) offers an alternative mechanism for supporting stable solitons, provided that it is not too strong. The DSs coexist in low-and highamplitude forms, for a given value of their width. The low-amplitude DS is stable, while its high-amplitude counterpart is subject to the blowup instability, in the presence of the 3PE. Interactions between DSs show various scenarios of the creation of breather states through merger of the two solitons.

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“…(15) and (16). Subsequently DSs can be generated in the approximate form, using these solutions for a suitable set of parameters.…”

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Dissipative soliton fiber lasers with higher-order nonlinearity, multiphoton absorption and emission, and random dispersion

2017

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“…Stable multi-wavelength mode-locked fiber lasers are particularly useful in fiber-optical sensing, optical instrumentation, microwave photonic systems, optical signal processing, wavelength-division-multiplexing transmission systems and so on Pudo and Chen (2003), Lou et al (2004), Chen et al (2000), Gong et al (2005), (2006), Li and Chan (1998), Yao et al (2001), Hayahi and Yamashita (2003), Bellemare et al (2000), Wey et al (1997), , Vlachos et al (2000), Mielke et al (2003), Tu et al (2007), Fenga et al (2006), Yeh et al (2007), Schultz et al (2009), Okhotnikov et al (2003, Kivist et al (2008), Zhe et al (2009), Song et al (2009a), Song et al (2009b), due to the numerous advantages including the generation of narrow high-repetition-rate pulse trains at multiple wavelengths, high power, low noise and the compatibility with other fiber-optic components. Many different mode-locked multi-wavelength fiber lasers have been reported in the last few years.…”

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“…However, the laser is sensitive to the environment disturbance due to its long cavity. Further more, the erbium-doped fiber lasers were cooled in liquid Nitrogen to reduce the strong homogenous gain broadening effect at room temperature, Yao et al (2001), Hayahi and Yamashita (2003), which made the system bulky and impractical for real applications. Bellemare et al (2000) used a frequency shifter in a cw fiber lasers to reduce homogenous gain broadening.…”

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Spectrum research on the passive mode-locked $$\hbox {Yb}^{3+}$$ Yb 3 + -doped fiber laser

Kong

Zhang

2013

Opt Quant Electron

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“…Recent research has reported successive pulse train generation at different wavelengths [1]- [3] with these sources expected to find applications such as optical code-division multiple-access networks [4] and photonic analog-to-digital conversion [5].…”

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Numerical and theoretical analysis of an alternate multiwavelength mode-locked fiber laser

Vasseur

Hanna

Dudley

et al. 2005

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

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Abstract-The generation of alternate multiwavelength pulse trains in an actively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser containing an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer is analyzed using numerical simulations and a theoretical Gaussian pulse analysis. The results obtained allow the interpretation of recent experimental results reporting multiwavelength pulse laser operation and provide a clear physical description of the operation of the multiwavelength laser. Furthermore, the analysis and modeling also provide guidelines for experimental design.Index Terms-Mode-locked lasers, optical communications.

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Active mode locking of tunable multi-wavelength fiber ring laser

Cited by 72 publications

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Dissipative soliton fiber lasers with higher-order nonlinearity, multiphoton absorption and emission, and random dispersion

Dissipative soliton fiber lasers with higher-order nonlinearity, multiphoton absorption and emission, and random dispersion

Spectrum research on the passive mode-locked $$\hbox {Yb}^{3+}$$ Yb 3 + -doped fiber laser

Numerical and theoretical analysis of an alternate multiwavelength mode-locked fiber laser

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