Transitions of various operation states in a dissipative soliton mode-locked fiber laser

Xin Zou; Ming Li; Jifang Qiu; Jindan Shi; Jian Wu

doi:10.1117/12.2192642

5 August 2015 Transitions of various operation states in a dissipative soliton mode-locked fiber laser

Xin Zou, Ming Li, Jifang Qiu, Jindan Shi, Jian Wu

Proceedings Volume 9619, 2015 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optoelectronic Devices and Optical Signal Processing; 961902 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2192642
Event: International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology 2015, 2015, Beijing, China

Abstract

Multiple-pulse generation is often achieved in a passively mode-locked fiber laser when the mode-locking mechanisms are overdriven. Under certain circumstances, passively harmonic mode-locking (HML) and bound state of multiple pulses can also be observed. In this paper, a three-state switchable dissipative soliton (DS) mode-locked fiber laser based on a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) has been experimentally demonstrated for the first time. With a pump power of ~175 mW, operation states of multiple pulses (two pulses), 2^nd-order HML and bound state of two DSs were observed by only adjusting the polarization controller (PC) inside the cavity. At a higher pump power level (~276 mW), operation states of multiple pulses (three pulses), 3^rd-order HML and bound state of three DSs were observed by changing the state of the PC. From the experimental results, it seems that there is a correlative relationship among the three operation states (N pulses/Nth-order HML/ bound state of N pulses) for the DS fiber laser and these states are switchable by only adjusting the cavity birefringence with a PC under the same pump power level.

Citation Download Citation

Xin Zou, Ming Li, Jifang Qiu, Jindan Shi, and Jian Wu "Transitions of various operation states in a dissipative soliton mode-locked fiber laser", Proc. SPIE 9619, 2015 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optoelectronic Devices and Optical Signal Processing, 961902 (5 August 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2192642

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available

Members: $17.00

Non-members: $21.00 ADD TO CART

PROCEEDINGS
6 PAGES

DOWNLOAD PAPER SAVE TO MY LIBRARY

GET CITATION

RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS

Get copyright permission Get copyright permission on Copyright Marketplace

KEYWORDS

Mode locking

Fiber lasers

Pulsed laser operation

Solitons

Decision support systems

Modulation

Picosecond phenomena

Show All Keywords

Keywords/Phrases

Search In:

Publication Years