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

M. E. V. Pedersen, E. J. R. Kelleher, J. C. Travers, Zhipei Sun, Tawfique Hasan, Andrea 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
Article number6213056
Pages (from-to)1058-1064
Number of pages7
JournalIEEE Photonics Journal
Volume4
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2012

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