Bound states of dispersion-managed solitons in a fiber laser at near zero dispersion
Applied Optics, Vol. 46, Issue 21, pp. 4768-4773 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.46.004768
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Abstract
We report on the observation of various bound states of dispersion-managed (DM) solitons in a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser at near zero net cavity group velocity dispersion (GVD). The generated DM solitons are characterized by their Gaussian-like spectral profile with no sidebands, which is distinct from those of the conventional solitons generated in fiber lasers with large net negative cavity GVD, of the parabolic pulses generated in fiber lasers with positive cavity GVD and negligible gain saturation and bandwidth limiting, and of the gain-guided solitons generated in fiber lasers with large positive cavity GVD. Furthermore, bound states of DM solitons with fixed soliton separations are also observed. We show that these bound solitons can function as a unit to form bound states themselves. Numerical simulations verified our experimental observations.
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OCIS Codes
(060.5530) Fiber optics and optical communications : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
(140.3510) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, fiber
(190.5530) Nonlinear optics : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
History
Original Manuscript: December 15, 2006
Revised Manuscript: March 23, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: April 13, 2007
Published: July 6, 2007
Citation
L. M. Zhao, D. Y. Tang, T. H. Cheng, H. Y. Tam, and C. Lu, "Bound states of dispersion-managed solitons in a fiber laser at near zero dispersion," Appl. Opt. 46, 4768-4773 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-46-21-4768
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