TY - JOUR
T1 - Pulse-train nonuniformity in a fibre soliton ring laser mode-locked by using the nonlinear polarization rotation technique
AU - Zhao, B.
AU - Tang, Ding Yuan
AU - Zhao, L. M.
AU - Shum, Ping
AU - Tam, Hwayaw
PY - 2004/4/8
Y1 - 2004/4/8
N2 - We report on the experimental observation of periodical intensity fluctuations on the output of a fiber soliton ring laser passively mode-locked by using the nonlinear polarization rotation technique. It is found that the appearance of such intensity fluctuations is independent of the orientation of the polarizer in the cavity, but closely related to the pump intensity. We have also numerically simulated the pulse dynamics of the laser. Our numerical simulations confirmed the experimental observations and showed that the soliton pulse nonuniformity is caused by the interaction between the nonlinear polarization rotation and the polarizer in the cavity.
AB - We report on the experimental observation of periodical intensity fluctuations on the output of a fiber soliton ring laser passively mode-locked by using the nonlinear polarization rotation technique. It is found that the appearance of such intensity fluctuations is independent of the orientation of the polarizer in the cavity, but closely related to the pump intensity. We have also numerically simulated the pulse dynamics of the laser. Our numerical simulations confirmed the experimental observations and showed that the soliton pulse nonuniformity is caused by the interaction between the nonlinear polarization rotation and the polarizer in the cavity.
UR - https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/61022424.pdf
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.043808
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.043808
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 69
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
M1 - 043808 –1 to 043808-7
ER -