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

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

doi:10.1117/12.837785

4 August 2009 Optimizing waveguide array mode-locking for high-power fiber lasers

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

Proceedings Volume 7386, Photonics North 2009; 73862W (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.837785
Event: Photonics North 2009, 2009, Quebec, Canada

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

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Brandon G. Bale, J. Nathan Kutz, and Bjorn Sandstede "Optimizing waveguide array mode-locking for high-power fiber lasers", Proc. SPIE 7386, Photonics North 2009, 73862W (4 August 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.837785

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