Laser dynamics and relative timing jitter analysis of passively synchronized Er- and Yb-doped mode-locked fiber lasers

Shang Ying Wu*, Wei Wei Hsiang, Yin-Chieh Lai

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Abstract

Passively synchronized Er-doped and Yb-doped mode-locked fiber lasers with a master-slave configuration are theoretically investigated based on the pulse propagation model for simulating pulse collision in the common fiber section and on the master equation model for simulating laser dynamics. Computational results indicate that the central optical frequency of the slave Er laser will be shifted by the significant cross phase modulation (XPM) effect for the laser to become synchronized with the injected master Yb laser pulse train. Pulse duration change caused by fiber dispersion in the common fiber section will distort the ideal anti-symmetric characteristics of the XPMinduced frequency shift versus the relative timing position of the two color pulses. The relative timing jitter noises of the two synchronized lasers can be minimized by adjusting the relative pulse timing position, and the predicted dependence agrees well with the experimental observation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1508-1515
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume31
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2014

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