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Characterization of a self-starting, passively mode-locked fiber ring laser that exploits nonlinear polarization evolution
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Direct evidence, based on state-of-polarization measurements, that nonlinear polarization evolution is the responsible mode-locking mechanism is also given.Abstract:
A full characterization of a self-starting, passively mode-locked soliton ring fiber laser in terms of its various modes of mode-locked operation, cavity length, and type of fiber used is presented. Direct evidence, based on state-of-polarization measurements, that nonlinear polarization evolution is the responsible mode-locking mechanism is also given.read more
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Mechanism of multisoliton formation and soliton energy quantization in passively mode-locked fiber lasers
TL;DR: In this article, numerical simulations on multiple-soliton generation and soliton energy quantization in a soliton fiber ring laser passively mode locked by using the nonlinear polarization rotation technique were conducted.
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Stretched-pulse additive pulse mode-locking in fiber ring lasers: theory and experiment
TL;DR: In this paper, a theory based on the master equation is developed for the case of large pulse changes in one transit and the general predictions of the theory are verified by experimental results.
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Experimental study of sideband generation in femtosecond fiber lasers
M.L. Dennis,Irl N. Duling +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a thorough experimental investigation of the phenomenon of soliton resonance sideband generation in femtosecond fiber lasers is presented, and the dependence of the sideband wavelengths on the dispersion and pulse length is confirmed.
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Gain-guided soliton in a positive group-dispersion fiber laser
Luming Zhao,Dingyuan Tang,J. Wu +2 more
TL;DR: The operation of a passively mode-locked fiber ring laser made of purely normal dispersive fibers is reported and it is shown that the operation of the laser can be well described by an extended Ginzburg-Landau equation model that governs the soliton dynamics of fiber lasers.
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Passive harmonic mode locking in soliton fiber lasers
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that low time jitter of a harmonic passively mode-locked laser can be obtained at repetition rates close to acoustic eigenfrequencies of the optical fiber.
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Energy quantisation in figure eight fibre laser
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