12 November 2019 Generation of dispersion-managed solitons with sidebands in a 2-μm mode-locked fiber laser
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

We have experimentally obtained dispersion-managed solitons with sidebands in a passively mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser. The stable single soliton with sidebands can be converted into two soliton pulses at the pump power of 867 mW with appropriate settings of the polarization controllers (PCs). By increasing the pump power and cautiously adjusting the PCs, the three, four, and five soliton pulses with nonuniform intensity operate with stability in the cavity due to the global soliton interaction caused by unstable continuous waves. Furthermore, the soliton bunch can be observed at the pump power of 1 W. The position of solitons in the soliton bunch is random with a fixed separation that is controllable by changing the linear phase delay. Our work gives insight into the dynamics of multipulse dispersion-managed solitons in a 2-μm mode-locked fiber laser.

© 2019 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 0091-3286/2019/$28.00 © 2019 SPIE
Peng Lin, Tianshu Wang, Wanzhuo Ma, Runmin Liu, and Desheng Zhao "Generation of dispersion-managed solitons with sidebands in a 2-μm mode-locked fiber laser," Optical Engineering 58(11), 116106 (12 November 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.58.11.116106
Received: 22 August 2019; Accepted: 23 October 2019; Published: 12 November 2019
Advertisement
Advertisement
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission  Get copyright permission on Copyright Marketplace
KEYWORDS
Solitons

Fiber lasers

Mode locking

Continuous wave operation

Laser resonators

Picosecond phenomena

Polarization

Back to Top