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Polarization dynamics in dissipative soliton fiber lasers mode-locked by nonlinear polarization rotation |
Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 19, pp. 18339-18344 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.018339
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Abstract
We numerically studied the polarization dynamics in dissipative soliton lasers mode-locked by nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR). It was found that the polarization states of the intracavity dissipative soliton vary with time across the pulse. Depending on output coupling ratios, the polarization states of the pulse peak before the polarizer can be either nearly circular or nearly linear polarizations. The polarization dependent component in NPR is found to play a role of spectral filter under high and medium output coupling. However, NPR may work as a weak optical limiter under low output coupling, when additional spectral filtering is necessary to maintain steady mode-locking state.
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1. Introduction
F. W. Wise, A. Chong, and W. H. Renninger, “High-energy femtosecond fiber lasers based on pulse propagation at normal dispersion,” Laser Photon. Rev. 2(1–2), 58–73 (2008). [CrossRef]
L. M. Zhao, D. Y. Tang, and J. Wu, “Gain-guided soliton in a positive group-dispersion fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 31(12), 1788–1790 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. Chong, W. H. Renninger, and F. W. Wise, “Properties of normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber lasers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25(2), 140–148 (2008). [CrossRef]
W. H. Renninger, A. Chong, and F. W. Wise, “Dissipative solitons in normal-dispersion fiber lasers,” Phys. Rev. A 77(2), 023814 (2008). [CrossRef]
K. Kieu, W. H. Renninger, A. Chong, and F. W. Wise, “Sub-100 fs pulses at watt-level powers from a dissipative-soliton fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 34(5), 593–595 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. Wu, D. Y. Tang, L. M. Zhao, and C. C. Chan, “Soliton polarization dynamics in fiber lasers passively mode-locked by the nonlinear polarization rotation technique,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 74(4), 046605 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. Wu, D. Y. Tang, L. M. Zhao, and C. C. Chan, “Soliton polarization dynamics in fiber lasers passively mode-locked by the nonlinear polarization rotation technique,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 74(4), 046605 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
T. Lei, C. Tu, F. Lu, Y. Deng, and E. Li, “Numerical study on self-similar pulses in mode-locking fiber laser by coupled Ginzburg-Landau equation model,” Opt. Express 17(2), 585–591 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=175723. [CrossRef] [PubMed]
W. H. Renninger, A. Chong, and F. W. Wise, “Dissipative solitons in normal-dispersion fiber lasers,” Phys. Rev. A 77(2), 023814 (2008). [CrossRef]
A. Chong, W. H. Renninger, and F. W. Wise, “Properties of normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber lasers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25(2), 140–148 (2008). [CrossRef]
2. Model of NPR mode-locked dissipative soliton fiber lasers
J. Wu, D. Y. Tang, L. M. Zhao, and C. C. Chan, “Soliton polarization dynamics in fiber lasers passively mode-locked by the nonlinear polarization rotation technique,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 74(4), 046605 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
3. Simulation results and discussions
3.1 polarization dynamics under high output coupling
A. Chong, W. H. Renninger, and F. W. Wise, “Properties of normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber lasers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25(2), 140–148 (2008). [CrossRef]
L. J. Kong, X. S. Xiao, and C. X. Yang, “All-normal-dispersion Yb-doped mode-locked fiber laser and its stability analysis,” Chin. Phys. B 19(7), 074212 (2010). [CrossRef]
T. Lei, C. Tu, F. Lu, Y. Deng, and E. Li, “Numerical study on self-similar pulses in mode-locking fiber laser by coupled Ginzburg-Landau equation model,” Opt. Express 17(2), 585–591 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=175723. [CrossRef] [PubMed]
L. J. Kong, X. S. Xiao, and C. X. Yang, “All-normal-dispersion Yb-doped mode-locked fiber laser and its stability analysis,” Chin. Phys. B 19(7), 074212 (2010). [CrossRef]
L. Zhao, D. Tang, X. Wu, and H. Zhang, “Dissipative soliton generation in Yb-fiber laser with an invisible intracavity bandpass filter,” Opt. Lett. 35(16), 2756–2758 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
W. H. Renninger, A. Chong, and F. W. Wise, “Pulse Shaping and Evolution in Normal-Dispersion Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. , doi:. [CrossRef]
3.2 polarization dynamics under medium output coupling
3.3 polarization dynamics under low output coupling
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgement
References and Links
F. W. Wise, A. Chong, and W. H. Renninger, “High-energy femtosecond fiber lasers based on pulse propagation at normal dispersion,” Laser Photon. Rev. 2(1–2), 58–73 (2008). [CrossRef] | |
L. M. Zhao, D. Y. Tang, and J. Wu, “Gain-guided soliton in a positive group-dispersion fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 31(12), 1788–1790 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
A. Chong, J. Buckley, W. Renninger, and F. Wise, “All-normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber laser,” Opt. Express 14(21), 10095–10100 (2006), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=116347. [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
W. H. Renninger, A. Chong, and F. W. Wise, “Dissipative solitons in normal-dispersion fiber lasers,” Phys. Rev. A 77(2), 023814 (2008). [CrossRef] | |
A. Chong, W. H. Renninger, and F. W. Wise, “Properties of normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber lasers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25(2), 140–148 (2008). [CrossRef] | |
K. Kieu, W. H. Renninger, A. Chong, and F. W. Wise, “Sub-100 fs pulses at watt-level powers from a dissipative-soliton fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 34(5), 593–595 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
J. Wu, D. Y. Tang, L. M. Zhao, and C. C. Chan, “Soliton polarization dynamics in fiber lasers passively mode-locked by the nonlinear polarization rotation technique,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 74(4), 046605 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
T. Lei, C. Tu, F. Lu, Y. Deng, and E. Li, “Numerical study on self-similar pulses in mode-locking fiber laser by coupled Ginzburg-Landau equation model,” Opt. Express 17(2), 585–591 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=175723. [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
L. J. Kong, X. S. Xiao, and C. X. Yang, “All-normal-dispersion Yb-doped mode-locked fiber laser and its stability analysis,” Chin. Phys. B 19(7), 074212 (2010). [CrossRef] | |
L. Zhao, D. Tang, X. Wu, and H. Zhang, “Dissipative soliton generation in Yb-fiber laser with an invisible intracavity bandpass filter,” Opt. Lett. 35(16), 2756–2758 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
L. J. Kong, X. S. Xiao, and C. X. Yang, “Artificial spectral filtering in dissipative soliton fiber lasers,” in preparation. | |
W. H. Renninger, A. Chong, and F. W. Wise, “Pulse Shaping and Evolution in Normal-Dispersion Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. , doi:. [CrossRef] |
OCIS Codes
(140.0140) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers and laser optics
(140.3560) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, ring
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
(190.5530) Nonlinear optics : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
(140.3538) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, pulsed
ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics
History
Original Manuscript: May 23, 2011
Revised Manuscript: July 15, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: July 19, 2011
Published: September 6, 2011
Citation
Lingjie Kong, Xiaosheng Xiao, and Changxi Yang, "Polarization dynamics in dissipative soliton fiber lasers mode-locked by nonlinear polarization rotation," Opt. Express 19, 18339-18344 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-19-18339
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References
- F. W. Wise, A. Chong, and W. H. Renninger, “High-energy femtosecond fiber lasers based on pulse propagation at normal dispersion,” Laser Photon. Rev.2(1–2), 58–73 (2008). [CrossRef]
- L. M. Zhao, D. Y. Tang, and J. Wu, “Gain-guided soliton in a positive group-dispersion fiber laser,” Opt. Lett.31(12), 1788–1790 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- A. Chong, J. Buckley, W. Renninger, and F. Wise, “All-normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber laser,” Opt. Express14(21), 10095–10100 (2006), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=116347 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- W. H. Renninger, A. Chong, and F. W. Wise, “Dissipative solitons in normal-dispersion fiber lasers,” Phys. Rev. A77(2), 023814 (2008). [CrossRef]
- A. Chong, W. H. Renninger, and F. W. Wise, “Properties of normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber lasers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B25(2), 140–148 (2008). [CrossRef]
- K. Kieu, W. H. Renninger, A. Chong, and F. W. Wise, “Sub-100 fs pulses at watt-level powers from a dissipative-soliton fiber laser,” Opt. Lett.34(5), 593–595 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- J. Wu, D. Y. Tang, L. M. Zhao, and C. C. Chan, “Soliton polarization dynamics in fiber lasers passively mode-locked by the nonlinear polarization rotation technique,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys.74(4), 046605 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- T. Lei, C. Tu, F. Lu, Y. Deng, and E. Li, “Numerical study on self-similar pulses in mode-locking fiber laser by coupled Ginzburg-Landau equation model,” Opt. Express17(2), 585–591 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=175723 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- L. J. Kong, X. S. Xiao, and C. X. Yang, “All-normal-dispersion Yb-doped mode-locked fiber laser and its stability analysis,” Chin. Phys. B19(7), 074212 (2010). [CrossRef]
- L. Zhao, D. Tang, X. Wu, and H. Zhang, “Dissipative soliton generation in Yb-fiber laser with an invisible intracavity bandpass filter,” Opt. Lett.35(16), 2756–2758 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- L. J. Kong, X. S. Xiao, and C. X. Yang, “Artificial spectral filtering in dissipative soliton fiber lasers,” in preparation.
- W. H. Renninger, A. Chong, and F. W. Wise, “Pulse Shaping and Evolution in Normal-Dispersion Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron., doi:. [CrossRef]
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