abstract

• We report an extensive experimental study of a dual-wavelength (1530 and 1560 nm) passively mode-locked fiber laser in a ring configuration with strict control of the polarization state. Different types of laser operation are identified, which are classified into ten mode locking regimes (solitons-noise-like pulsing, solitons-solitons, solitons-CW, bound solitons-CW, solitons (1530 nm), CW-solitons, CW-bound solitons, Q-switched-like noise-like pulsing, steady noise-like pulsing at 1530 nm and intermittent mode locking), which are mapped in terms of the polarization settings (ellipticity and azimuth). The resulting map establishes, in a clear and repeatable way, the relation existing between each mode locking regime and the polarization adjustment, which allows controlling at the same time intracavity losses, the gain profile, the cavity spectral transfer function, as well as the nonlinear switching characteristic. © 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd.

authors

• Bello Jimenez Miguel Ángel
• Bracamontes-Rodriguez Y.
• Garcia-Sanchez E.
• Hernandez-Garcia J.C.
• Ibarra-Escamilla B.
• Kuzin E.A.
• Lauterio-Cruz J.P.
• Pottiez O.

publication date

• 2019-01-01

published in

• Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)  Journal

keywords

• fibers; lasers erbium; lasers ring; mode-locked lasers; nonlinear optics; polarization Fiber lasers; Fibers; Nonlinear optics; Passive mode locking; Polarization; Ring lasers; Solitons; Fiber-ring lasers; Mode locking regime; Mode-locked laser; Nonlinear switching; Passively mode-locked; Passively mode-locked fiber lasers; Polarization mapping; Polarization state; Mode-locked fiber lasers

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1088/2040-8986/ab0bf7

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volume

• 21

issue

• 4