Switching among pulse-generation regimes in passively mode-locked fibre laser by adaptive filtering

Junsong Peng; Sonia Boscolo

doi:10.1117/12.2225141

27 April 2016 Switching among pulse-generation regimes in passively mode-locked fibre laser by adaptive filtering

Junsong Peng, Sonia Boscolo

Proceedings Volume 9893, Laser Sources and Applications III; 98930I (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225141
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2016, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

We show both numerically and experimentally that dispersion management can be realized by manipulating the dispersion of a filter in a passively mode-locked fibre laser. A programmable filter the dispersion of which can be software configured is employed in the laser. Solitons, stretched-pulses, and dissipative solitons can be targeted reliably by controlling the filter transmission function only, while the length of fibres is fixed in the laser. This technique shows remarkable advantages in controlling operation regimes in ultrafast fibre lasers, in contrast to the traditional technique in which dispersion management is achieved by optimizing the relative length of fibres with opposite-sign dispersion. Our versatile ultrafast fibre laser will be attractive for applications requiring different pulse profiles such as in optical signal processing and optical communications.

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Junsong Peng and Sonia Boscolo "Switching among pulse-generation regimes in passively mode-locked fibre laser by adaptive filtering", Proc. SPIE 9893, Laser Sources and Applications III, 98930I (27 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225141

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