Abstract
Stable bound soliton laser mode-locking is experimentally demonstrated in an environmentally stable hybrid mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser without incorporating (equivalent) nonlinear saturable absorption effects. The laser has a sigma-type cavity and exhibits a higher threshold for single to bound soliton mode-locking state transition. A nonlinear eigenstate analysis based on the master equation model and the concept of steady-state lasing gain is developed to more physically explain the observed mode-locking state transition phenomena.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 7493678 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Journal |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Aug 2016 |
Keywords
- Fiber lasers
- Mode-locked lasers
- Ultrafast Lasers