Stable Gain-Guided Soliton Propagation in a Polarized Yb-Doped Mode-Locked Fiber Laser

Martin Erland Vestergaard Pedersen, E. J. R. Kelleher, J. C. Travers, Z. Sun, T. Hasan, A. C. Ferrari, S. V. Popov, J. R. Taylor

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Abstract

We demonstrate gain-guided dissipative soliton operation of a linearly polarized Yb-doped fiber laser, mode-locked by carbon nanotubes. In the regime of low nonlinear phase shift per cavity roundtrip, a dissipative soliton pulse can be supported by the finite gain bandwidth, without the need for strong spectral selection. The gain-guiding dynamics are confirmed by simulations.
Original languageEnglish
JournalI E E E Photonics Journal
Volume4
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)1058-1064
ISSN1943-0655
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

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