Polarization-dependent output states of a fiber laser with nonlinear polarization rotation

Zuxing Zhang; Kun Xu; Jian Wu; Xiaobing Hong; Jintong Lin

doi:10.1117/1.2966134

1 August 2008 Polarization-dependent output states of a fiber laser with nonlinear polarization rotation

Zuxing Zhang, Kun Xu, Jian Wu, Xiaobing Hong, Jintong Lin

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 47, Issue 8, 085002 (August 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2966134

Abstract

A fiber laser with two different polarization-dependent output states is demonstrated. On the one hand, intensity-dependent loss in a nonlinear optical loop mirror, induced by nonlinear polarization rotation, can balance mode competition of a homogeneous broadening gain medium, and thus allows for stable room-temperature multiwavelength generation. On the other hand, intensity-dependent transmission can act as an equivalent saturable absorber, which results in passive mode locking of the fiber laser. It may thus serve two functions: passive mode locking and multiwavelength emission.

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Zuxing Zhang, Kun Xu, Jian Wu, Xiaobing Hong, and Jintong Lin "Polarization-dependent output states of a fiber laser with nonlinear polarization rotation," Optical Engineering 47(8), 085002 (1 August 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2966134

Published: 1 August 2008

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