Observation of modulation instability in a fiber soliton ring laser

D. Y. Tang; P. D. Drummond; W. S. Man; Hwa Yaw Tam

doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00277-1

Observation of modulation instability in a fiber soliton ring laser

D. Y. Tang, P. D. Drummond, W. S. Man, Hwa Yaw Tam

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

We report on an experimental observation of modulation instability in a passively mode-locked fiber soliton ring laser. We show that although in fiber soliton lasers soliton pulses are inherently stable against modulation instability, dispersive waves caused by the periodic perturbation of solitons propagating in the cavity are not. Due to modulation instability the dispersive waves can become unstable and consequently result in the generation of new spectral components in the soliton spectrum.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	125-128
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	167
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00277-1
Publication status	Published - 15 Aug 1999

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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