Optimizing Waveguide Array Mode-Locking for High-Power Fiber Lasers

Optimizing Waveguide Array Mode-Locking for High-Power Fiber Lasers

A comprehensive theoretical treatment is given of the mode-locking dynamics produced by the intensity discrimination (saturable absorption) generated by the nonlinear mode-coupling in a waveguide array. Emphasis is placed on the mode-locking stability as a function of the critical physical parameter...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics 2009-01, Vol.15 (1), p.220-231
Hauptverfasser: Bale, B.G., Kutz, J.N., Sandstede, B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Absorption
Arrays
Dispersions
Fiber lasers
High power fiber lasers
Laser cavities
Laser mode locking
Laser stability
Laser theory
Lasers
mode-locked lasers
Nonlinear dynamics
Optical arrays
Optimization
Power lasers
solitons
Stability
waveguide arrays
Waveguide lasers
Waveguide theory
Waveguides
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Zusammenfassung:A comprehensive theoretical treatment is given of the mode-locking dynamics produced by the intensity discrimination (saturable absorption) generated by the nonlinear mode-coupling in a waveguide array. Emphasis is placed on the mode-locking stability as a function of the critical physical parameters in the laser cavity. The theoretical characterization of the laser cavity's stability and dynamics allows for a comprehensive optimization of the laser cavity parameters toward achieving high peak power, high-energy pulses in both the anomalous and normal dispersion regimes.
ISSN:1077-260X
1558-4542
DOI:10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2010268