30 April 2021 Wavelength-switchable noise-like pulses and modulation sidebands observed in erbium-doped fiber laser
Yousheng Sun, Qingduo Duanmu, Tianshu Wang, Hao Xiong, Peng Lin, Yaohui Liang, Xianglong Chen, Siyu Lu
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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a wavelength-switchable noise-like pulse (NLP) with modulation sidebands in an erbium-doped mode-locked fiber laser. The central wavelength of NLPs can be switched from 1530.2 to 1558.8 nm due to the birefringence filtering effect based on nonlinear polarization rotation. The corresponding pulse durations are 656 and 613 fs, respectively. As the total pump power increases to 700 mW, the modulation sidebands of NLPs can be observed by adjusting the polarization controller appropriately. The formation of modulation sidebands is caused by cross-phase modulation-induced modulation instability.

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Yousheng Sun, Qingduo Duanmu, Tianshu Wang, Hao Xiong, Peng Lin, Yaohui Liang, Xianglong Chen, and Siyu Lu "Wavelength-switchable noise-like pulses and modulation sidebands observed in erbium-doped fiber laser," Optical Engineering 60(4), 046108 (30 April 2021). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.60.4.046108
Received: 2 November 2020; Accepted: 12 April 2021; Published: 30 April 2021
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KEYWORDS
Modulation

Fiber lasers

Mode locking

Polarization

Solitons

Optical filters

Continuous wave operation

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