Locking of ultra-high peak pulses in harmonically mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring lasers

H.Q. Lam; Le Nguyen Binh; Nam Quoc Ngo; Ping Shum

doi:10.1117/1.2148347

1 December 2005 Locking of ultra-high peak pulses in harmonically mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring lasers

H.Q. Lam, Le Nguyen Binh, Nam Quoc Ngo, Ping Shum

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 44, Issue 12, 124201 (December 2005). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2148347

Abstract

We report a new mode-locking phenomenon in which ultra-high peak or "giant" pulse trains have certain pulse drops in an active mode-locked fiber ring laser. Generated pulse trains have properties similar to a return-to-zero format with a clear pedestal, with pulse trains circulating in the ring of peak power reaching 575 mW, which is about ten times higher than the actual peak output power. The temporal pulse trains and their optical spectra are described and discussed. It is believed that this is due to the interaction between copropagating pulses in the ring and the supermode competition.

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H.Q. Lam, Le Nguyen Binh, Nam Quoc Ngo, and Ping Shum "Locking of ultra-high peak pulses in harmonically mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring lasers," Optical Engineering 44(12), 124201 (1 December 2005). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2148347

Published: 1 December 2005

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