Dark and bright pulse passive mode-locked laser with in-cavity pulse-shaper

doi:10.1364/OE.18.022715

Dark and bright pulse passive mode-locked laser with in-cavity pulse-shaper

Jochen B. Schroeder, Stéphane Coen, Thibaut Sylvestre, and Benjamin J. Eggleton »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 22, pp. 22715-22721 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.022715

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We demonstrate the integration of a spectral pulse-shaper into a passive mode-locked laser cavity for direct control of the output pulse-shape of the laser. Depending on the dispersion filter applied with the pulse-shaper we either observe a bright or dark “soliton-like” pulse train. The results demonstrate the strong potential of an in-cavity spectral pulse-shaper as an experimental tool for controlling the dynamics of passively mode-locked lasers.

OCIS Codes
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
(190.4380) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing
(190.5530) Nonlinear optics : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
(060.3510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Lasers, fiber

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Lasers and Laser Optics

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Original Manuscript: July 27, 2010
Revised Manuscript: September 18, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: October 5, 2010
Published: October 12, 2010

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Jochen B. Schroeder, Stéphane Coen, Thibaut Sylvestre, and Benjamin J. Eggleton, "Dark and bright pulse passive mode-locked laser with in-cavity pulse-shaper," Opt. Express 18, 22715-22721 (2010)
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G. Chang, C. J. Divin, C.-H. Liu, S. L. Williamson, A. Galvanauskas, and T. B. Norris, “Power scalable compact THz system based on an ultrafast Yb-doped fiber amplifier,” Opt. Express 14, 7909 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. T. Cundiff, J. Ye, and J. L. Hall, “Optical frequency synthesis based on mode-locked lasers,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 72, 3749 (2001). [CrossRef]
T. Hellerer, A. M. Enejder, and A. Zumbusch, “Spectral focusing: High spectral resolution spectroscopy with broad-bandwidth laser pulses,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 25 (2004). [CrossRef]
B. Oktem, C. Ülgüdür, and F. O. Ilday, “Soliton-similariton fibre laser,” Nat. Photonics 4, 307–311 (2010). [CrossRef]
J. R. Buckley, F. W. Wise, F. O. Ilday, and T. Sosnowski, “Femtosecond fiber lasers with pulse energies above 10 nJ,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1888–1890 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. Chong, J. Buckley, W. Renninger, and F. Wise, “All-normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber laser,” Opt. Express 14, 10095–10100 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. Zhang, D. Y. Tang, L. M. Zhao, Q. L. Bao, and K. P. Loh, “Large energy mode locking of an erbium-doped fiber laser with atomic layer graphene,” Opt. Express 17, 17630–17635 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
C. J. S. de Matos, D. A. Chestnut, and J. R. Taylor, “Low-threshold self-induced modulational instability ring laser in highly nonlinear fiber yielding a continuous-wave 262-GHz soliton train,” Opt. Lett. 27, 915–917 (2002). [CrossRef]
P. Honzatko, P. Peterka, and J. Kanka, “Modulational-instability ? -resonator fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 26, 810–812 (2001). [CrossRef]
P. Franco, F. Fontana, I. Cristiani, M. Midrio, and M. Romagnoli, “Self-induced modulational-instability laser,” Opt. Lett. 20, 2009–2011 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. T. Cundiff, J. M. Soto-Crespo, and N. Akhmediev, “Experimental Evidence for Soliton Explosions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 73903 (2002). [CrossRef]
P. Grelu, F. Belhache, F. Gutty, and J.-M. Soto-Crespo, “Phase-locked soliton pairs in a stretched-pulse fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 27, 966–968 (2002). [CrossRef]
A. M. Weiner, “Femtosecond pulse shaping using spatial light modulators,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 71, 1929–1960 (2000). [CrossRef]
N. Dudovich, D. Oron, and Y. Silberberg, “Single-pulse coherently controlled nonlinear Raman spectroscopy and microscopy,” Nature 418, 512–514 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
T. Brixner, N. H. Damrauer, P. Niklaus, and G. Gerber, “Photoselective adaptive femtosecond quantum control in the liquid phase,” Nature 414, 57–60 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. Schröder, T. D. Vo, and B. J. Eggleton, “Repetition-rate-selective, wavelength-tunable mode-locked laser at up to 640 GHz,” Opt. Lett. 34, 3902–3904 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Feng, K. L. Silverman, R. P. Mirin, and S. T. Cundiff, “Dark pulse quantum dot diode laser,” Opt. Express 18(13), 13385–13395 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. Zhang, D. Y. Tang, L. M. Zhao, and R. J. Knize, “Vector dark domain wall solitons in a fiber ring laser,” Opt. Express 18(5), 4428–4433 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Nakazawa, K. Suzuki, and H. A. Haus, “The modulational instability laser. I. Experiment,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 25, 2036–2044 (1989). [CrossRef]
M. Nakazawa, K. Suzuki, H. Kubota, and H. A. Haus, “The modulation instability laser. II. Theory,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 25, 2045–2052 (1989). [CrossRef]
T. Sylvestre, S. Coen, P. Emplit, and M. Haelterman, “Self-induced modulational instability laser revisited: normal dispersion and dark-pulse train generation,” Opt. Lett. 27, 482–484 (2002). [CrossRef]
M. Quiroga-Teixeiro, C. B. Clausen, M. P. Sorensen, P. L. Christiansen, and P. A. Andrekson, “Passive mode locking by dissipative four-wave mixing,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 15, 1315–1321 (1998). [CrossRef]
J. Schröder, S. Coen, F. Vanholsbeeck, and T. Sylvestre, “Passively mode-locked Raman fiber laser with 100 GHz repetition rate,” Opt. Lett. 31, 3489–3491 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. Zhang, F. Li, X. Dong, P. Shum, X. Yang, X. Zhou, Y. Gong, and C. Lu, “Passive mode locking at harmonics of the free spectral range of the intracavity filter in a fiber ring laser,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2852–2854 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Peccianti, A. Pasquazi, Y. Park, B. E. Little, S. T. Chu, D. J. Moss, and R. Morandotti, “Subpicosecond 200GHz soliton laser based on a C-MOS compatible integrated microring resonator,” in “Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO 2010,” (2010), p. CPDA9.
M. A. F. Roelens, S. Frisken, J. A. Bolger, D. Abakoumov, G. Baxter, S. Poole, and B. J. Eggleton, “Dispersion Trimming in a Reconfigurable Wavelength Selective Switch,” J. Lightwave Technol. 26, 73–78 (2008). [CrossRef]
D. J. Kane, G. Rodriguez, A. J. Taylor, and T. S. Clement, “Simultaneous measurement of two ultrashort laser pulses from a single spectrogram in a single shot,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 935 (1997). [CrossRef]
J. M. Dudley, F. Gutty, S. Pitois, and G. Millot, “Complete characterization of terahertz pulse trains generated from nonlinear processes in optical fibers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 37, 587–594 (2001). [CrossRef]
J. Schröder, D. Alasia, T. Sylvestre, and S. Coen, “Dynamics of an ultrahigh-repetition-rate passively modelocked Raman fiber laser,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25, 1178–1186 (2008). [CrossRef]
T. Sylvestre, S. Coen, O. Deparis, P. Emplit, and M. Haelterman, “Demonstration of passive modelocking through dissipative four-wave mixing in fibre laser,” Electron. Lett. 37, 881–882 (2001). [CrossRef]

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[1] G. Chang, C. J. Divin, C.-H. Liu, S. L. Williamson, A. Galvanauskas, and T. B. Norris, “Power scalable compact THz system based on an ultrafast Yb-doped fiber amplifier,” Opt. Express 14, 7909 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] S. T. Cundiff, J. Ye, and J. L. Hall, “Optical frequency synthesis based on mode-locked lasers,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 72, 3749 (2001). [CrossRef]

[3] T. Hellerer, A. M. Enejder, and A. Zumbusch, “Spectral focusing: High spectral resolution spectroscopy with broad-bandwidth laser pulses,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 25 (2004). [CrossRef]

[4] B. Oktem, C. Ülgüdür, and F. O. Ilday, “Soliton-similariton fibre laser,” Nat. Photonics 4, 307–311 (2010). [CrossRef]

[5] J. R. Buckley, F. W. Wise, F. O. Ilday, and T. Sosnowski, “Femtosecond fiber lasers with pulse energies above 10 nJ,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1888–1890 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] A. Chong, J. Buckley, W. Renninger, and F. Wise, “All-normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber laser,” Opt. Express 14, 10095–10100 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[7] H. Zhang, D. Y. Tang, L. M. Zhao, Q. L. Bao, and K. P. Loh, “Large energy mode locking of an erbium-doped fiber laser with atomic layer graphene,” Opt. Express 17, 17630–17635 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[8] C. J. S. de Matos, D. A. Chestnut, and J. R. Taylor, “Low-threshold self-induced modulational instability ring laser in highly nonlinear fiber yielding a continuous-wave 262-GHz soliton train,” Opt. Lett. 27, 915–917 (2002). [CrossRef]

[9] P. Honzatko, P. Peterka, and J. Kanka, “Modulational-instability ? -resonator fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 26, 810–812 (2001). [CrossRef]

[10] P. Franco, F. Fontana, I. Cristiani, M. Midrio, and M. Romagnoli, “Self-induced modulational-instability laser,” Opt. Lett. 20, 2009–2011 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[11] S. T. Cundiff, J. M. Soto-Crespo, and N. Akhmediev, “Experimental Evidence for Soliton Explosions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 73903 (2002). [CrossRef]

[12] P. Grelu, F. Belhache, F. Gutty, and J.-M. Soto-Crespo, “Phase-locked soliton pairs in a stretched-pulse fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 27, 966–968 (2002). [CrossRef]

[13] A. M. Weiner, “Femtosecond pulse shaping using spatial light modulators,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 71, 1929–1960 (2000). [CrossRef]

[14] N. Dudovich, D. Oron, and Y. Silberberg, “Single-pulse coherently controlled nonlinear Raman spectroscopy and microscopy,” Nature 418, 512–514 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[15] T. Brixner, N. H. Damrauer, P. Niklaus, and G. Gerber, “Photoselective adaptive femtosecond quantum control in the liquid phase,” Nature 414, 57–60 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[16] J. Schröder, T. D. Vo, and B. J. Eggleton, “Repetition-rate-selective, wavelength-tunable mode-locked laser at up to 640 GHz,” Opt. Lett. 34, 3902–3904 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[17] M. Feng, K. L. Silverman, R. P. Mirin, and S. T. Cundiff, “Dark pulse quantum dot diode laser,” Opt. Express 18(13), 13385–13395 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[18] H. Zhang, D. Y. Tang, L. M. Zhao, and R. J. Knize, “Vector dark domain wall solitons in a fiber ring laser,” Opt. Express 18(5), 4428–4433 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[19] M. Nakazawa, K. Suzuki, and H. A. Haus, “The modulational instability laser. I. Experiment,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 25, 2036–2044 (1989). [CrossRef]

[20] M. Nakazawa, K. Suzuki, H. Kubota, and H. A. Haus, “The modulation instability laser. II. Theory,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 25, 2045–2052 (1989). [CrossRef]

[21] T. Sylvestre, S. Coen, P. Emplit, and M. Haelterman, “Self-induced modulational instability laser revisited: normal dispersion and dark-pulse train generation,” Opt. Lett. 27, 482–484 (2002). [CrossRef]

[22] M. Quiroga-Teixeiro, C. B. Clausen, M. P. Sorensen, P. L. Christiansen, and P. A. Andrekson, “Passive mode locking by dissipative four-wave mixing,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 15, 1315–1321 (1998). [CrossRef]

[23] J. Schröder, S. Coen, F. Vanholsbeeck, and T. Sylvestre, “Passively mode-locked Raman fiber laser with 100 GHz repetition rate,” Opt. Lett. 31, 3489–3491 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[24] S. Zhang, F. Li, X. Dong, P. Shum, X. Yang, X. Zhou, Y. Gong, and C. Lu, “Passive mode locking at harmonics of the free spectral range of the intracavity filter in a fiber ring laser,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2852–2854 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[25] M. Peccianti, A. Pasquazi, Y. Park, B. E. Little, S. T. Chu, D. J. Moss, and R. Morandotti, “Subpicosecond 200GHz soliton laser based on a C-MOS compatible integrated microring resonator,” in “Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO 2010,” (2010), p. CPDA9.

[26] M. A. F. Roelens, S. Frisken, J. A. Bolger, D. Abakoumov, G. Baxter, S. Poole, and B. J. Eggleton, “Dispersion Trimming in a Reconfigurable Wavelength Selective Switch,” J. Lightwave Technol. 26, 73–78 (2008). [CrossRef]

[27] D. J. Kane, G. Rodriguez, A. J. Taylor, and T. S. Clement, “Simultaneous measurement of two ultrashort laser pulses from a single spectrogram in a single shot,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 935 (1997). [CrossRef]

[28] J. M. Dudley, F. Gutty, S. Pitois, and G. Millot, “Complete characterization of terahertz pulse trains generated from nonlinear processes in optical fibers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 37, 587–594 (2001). [CrossRef]

[29] J. Schröder, D. Alasia, T. Sylvestre, and S. Coen, “Dynamics of an ultrahigh-repetition-rate passively modelocked Raman fiber laser,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25, 1178–1186 (2008). [CrossRef]

[30] T. Sylvestre, S. Coen, O. Deparis, P. Emplit, and M. Haelterman, “Demonstration of passive modelocking through dissipative four-wave mixing in fibre laser,” Electron. Lett. 37, 881–882 (2001). [CrossRef]

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