Generalized multistability in a fiber laser with modulated losses

Multistability and tipping: From mathematics and physics to climate and brain—Minireview and preface to the focus issue

“…101 Furthermore, multistable laser systems have been shown to exhibit also extreme events, i.e., extremely rare large amplitude events, 102 or chimeras, i.e., stable states which comprise coherent and incoherent behaviors. 103 A review about a new field of multistability in physics is outlined in this issue.…”

Dynamics of erbium-doped fibre ring laser under cavity-loss modulation

“…In this section, we simulate the experimental results with the help of a well-established model [10]. We identify the parameters that suit the experimental situation and critically evaluate the model for the case of loss-modulated fibre lasers.…”

“…To push it into the nonlinear domain, some external perturbation is required. Nonlinear dynamics in fibre lasers can be achieved by various methods such as pump modulation [5][6][7][8][9], loss modulation [1,[10][11][12][13] and controlled feedback [14]. In the ring cavity configuration, the laser output can be tailored by inserting different components such as attenuators, couplers, filters and modulators into the cavity.…”

“…In this work, the nonlinear dynamical effects and chaos of the single-mode erbium doped fibre ring laser (EDFRL) are experimentally demonstrated under the loss modulation scheme by using small driving amplitudes of the modulating signal, and numerically studied using a well-established model [10]. The advantage of this scheme is that the laser can be moved into the nonlinear dynamical and chaotic regimes at very low modulation depths, which is not possible in pump modulation [15].…”

Nonlinear resonance phenomena of a doped fibre laser under cavity-loss modulation: Experimental demonstrations

“…In recent years, fibre lasers pumped by periodically modulated semiconductor lasers have been shown to exhibit Feigenbaum sequence and generalized multistability [2][3][4][5]. The two basic issues in focus here for the nonlinear dynamical studies of the fibre lasers are: (i) in pump modulation, a large depth of modulation is required to create instability, which can be a major limitation.…”