Different generation regimes of mode-locked all-positive-dispersion all-fiber Yb laser

Sergey Kobtsev; Sergey Kukarin; Sergey Smirnov; Sergei Turitsyn; Anton Latkin

doi:10.1117/12.841237

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17 February 2010 Different generation regimes of mode-locked all-positive-dispersion all-fiber Yb laser

Sergey Kobtsev, Sergey Kukarin, Sergey Smirnov, Sergei Turitsyn, Anton Latkin

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Proceedings Volume 7580, Fiber Lasers VII: Technology, Systems, and Applications; 758028 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841237
Event: SPIE LASE, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

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Different generation modes of all-positive-dispersion all-fibre Yb laser mode-locked due to effect of non-linear polarization evolution are investigated. For the first time we realized in the same laser both generation of single picoseconds pulse train and a newly observed lasing regime where generated are picosecond wave-packets, each being a train of femtosecond sub-pulses. Using both experimental results and numerical modeling we discuss in detail the mechanisms of laser mode-locking and switching of generation regimes and show a strong dependence of output laser characteristics on configuration of polarization controllers. A good qualitative agreement between experimental results and numerical modeling is demonstrated.

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Sergey Kobtsev, Sergey Kukarin, Sergey Smirnov, Sergei Turitsyn, and Anton Latkin "Different generation regimes of mode-locked all-positive-dispersion all-fiber Yb laser", Proc. SPIE 7580, Fiber Lasers VII: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 758028 (17 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841237

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