Polarization locking in an isotropic, modelocked soliton Er/Yb fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-20

  Cundiff, S T ^a   Collings, B C ^a   Knox, W H ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIREFRINGENCE; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; LASER PULSES; POLARIZATION; SELF PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SOLITONS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

GROUP-VELOCITY-DISPERSION (GVD); MODELOCKED FIBER LASERS; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION ROTATION; ULTRAFAST SOURCES;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 4043079199     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.1.000012     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. I.N. Duling III and M.L. Dennis, Compact Sources of Ultrashort Pulses (Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1995).
2. see, e.g., M.C. Nuss, W.H. Knox, and U. Koren, "Scaleable 32 channel chirped-pulse WDM source", Electron. Lett. 32, 1311-1312 (1996).
3. G.P. Agrawal, Nonlinear Fiber Optics (Academic Press, San Diego, 1995).
4. I.N. Duling III, "Subpicosecond all-fiber erbium laser ", Electron. Lett. 27, 544-545 (1991); D.J. Richardson, R.I. Laming, D.N. Payne, M.W. Phillips and V.J. Matsas, "320 fs soliton generation with passively mode-locked erbium fiber laser", Electron. Lett. 27, 730-732 (1991).
5. I.N. Duling III, "Subpicosecond all-fiber erbium laser ", Electron. Lett. 27, 544-545 (1991); D.J. Richardson, R.I. Laming, D.N. Payne, M.W. Phillips and V.J. Matsas, "320 fs soliton generation with passively mode-locked erbium fiber laser", Electron. Lett. 27, 730-732 (1991).
6. M. Hofer, M.E. Fermann, F. Haberl, M.H. Ober and A.J. Schmidt, "Modelocking with cross-phase and self-phase modulation", Opt. Lett. 16, 502-504 (1991); C.J. Chen, P.K.A. Wai, C.R. Menyuk, "Soliton fiber ring laser", Opt. Lett. 17, 417-419 (1992); V.J. Matsas, T.P. Newson, D.J. Richardson and D.J. Payne, "Selfstarting Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Soliton Laser Exploiting Nonlinear Polarization Rotation ", Electron. Lett. 28, 1391-1393 (1992); K. Tamura, H.A. Haus and E.P. Ippen, "Self-starting additive pulse mode-locked erbium fiber ring laser ", Electron. Lett. 28, 2226-2228 (1992).
7. M. Hofer, M.E. Fermann, F. Haberl, M.H. Ober and A.J. Schmidt, "Modelocking with cross-phase and self-phase modulation", Opt. Lett. 16, 502-504 (1991); C.J. Chen, P.K.A. Wai, C.R. Menyuk, "Soliton fiber ring laser", Opt. Lett. 17, 417-419 (1992); V.J. Matsas, T.P. Newson, D.J. Richardson and D.J. Payne, "Selfstarting Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Soliton Laser Exploiting Nonlinear Polarization Rotation ", Electron. Lett. 28, 1391-1393 (1992); K. Tamura, H.A. Haus and E.P. Ippen, "Self-starting additive pulse mode-locked erbium fiber ring laser ", Electron. Lett. 28, 2226-2228 (1992).
8. M. Hofer, M.E. Fermann, F. Haberl, M.H. Ober and A.J. Schmidt, "Modelocking with cross-phase and self-phase modulation", Opt. Lett. 16, 502-504 (1991); C.J. Chen, P.K.A. Wai, C.R. Menyuk, "Soliton fiber ring laser", Opt. Lett. 17, 417-419 (1992); V.J. Matsas, T.P. Newson, D.J. Richardson and D.J. Payne, "Selfstarting Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Soliton Laser Exploiting Nonlinear Polarization Rotation ", Electron. Lett. 28, 1391-1393 (1992); K. Tamura, H.A. Haus and E.P. Ippen, "Self-starting additive pulse mode-locked erbium fiber ring laser ", Electron. Lett. 28, 2226-2228 (1992).
9. M. Hofer, M.E. Fermann, F. Haberl, M.H. Ober and A.J. Schmidt, "Modelocking with cross-phase and self-phase modulation", Opt. Lett. 16, 502-504 (1991); C.J. Chen, P.K.A. Wai, C.R. Menyuk, "Soliton fiber ring laser", Opt. Lett. 17, 417-419 (1992); V.J. Matsas, T.P. Newson, D.J. Richardson and D.J. Payne, "Selfstarting Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Soliton Laser Exploiting Nonlinear Polarization Rotation ", Electron. Lett. 28, 1391-1393 (1992); K. Tamura, H.A. Haus and E.P. Ippen, "Self-starting additive pulse mode-locked erbium fiber ring laser ", Electron. Lett. 28, 2226-2228 (1992).
10. K. Tamura, E.P. Ippen, H.A. Haus and LE. Nelson, "77-fs pulse generation from a stretched-pulse mode-locked all-fiber ring laser", Opt. Lett. 18, 1080-1082 (1993); K. Tamura, L.E. Nelson, H.A. Haus and E.P. Ippen, "Soliton versus nonsoliton operation of fiber ring lasers ", Appl. Phys. Lett. 64, 149-151 (1994); H.A. Haus, K. Tamura, L.E. Nelson and E.P. Ippen, "Stretched-Pulse Additive Pulse Mode-Locking in Fiber Ring Lasers: Theory and Experiment", IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 31, 591-598 (1995).
11. K. Tamura, E.P. Ippen, H.A. Haus and LE. Nelson, "77-fs pulse generation from a stretched-pulse mode-locked all-fiber ring laser", Opt. Lett. 18, 1080-1082 (1993); K. Tamura, L.E. Nelson, H.A. Haus and E.P. Ippen, "Soliton versus nonsoliton operation of fiber ring lasers ", Appl. Phys. Lett. 64, 149-151 (1994); H.A. Haus, K. Tamura, L.E. Nelson and E.P. Ippen, "Stretched-Pulse Additive Pulse Mode-Locking in Fiber Ring Lasers: Theory and Experiment", IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 31, 591-598 (1995).
12. K. Tamura, E.P. Ippen, H.A. Haus and LE. Nelson, "77-fs pulse generation from a stretched-pulse mode-locked all-fiber ring laser", Opt. Lett. 18, 1080-1082 (1993); K. Tamura, L.E. Nelson, H.A. Haus and E.P. Ippen, "Soliton versus nonsoliton operation of fiber ring lasers ", Appl. Phys. Lett. 64, 149-151 (1994); H.A. Haus, K. Tamura, L.E. Nelson and E.P. Ippen, "Stretched-Pulse Additive Pulse Mode-Locking in Fiber Ring Lasers: Theory and Experiment", IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 31, 591-598 (1995).
13. E.A. De Souza, C.E. Soccolich, W. Pleibel, R.H. Stolen, J.R. Simpson and D.J. DiGiovanni, "Saturable Absorber Modelocked Polarization Maintaining Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser ", Electron. Lett. 29, 447-449 (1993); B.C. Barnett, L. Rahman, M.N. Islam, Y.C. Chen, P. Bhattacharya, W. Riha, K.V. Reddy, A.T. Howe, K.A. Stair, H. Iwamura, S.R. Friberg and T. Mukai, "High-power erbium-doped fiber laser mode locked by a semiconductor saturable absorber ", Opt. Lett. 20, 471-473 (1995).
14. E.A. De Souza, C.E. Soccolich, W. Pleibel, R.H. Stolen, J.R. Simpson and D.J. DiGiovanni, "Saturable Absorber Modelocked Polarization Maintaining Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser ", Electron. Lett. 29, 447-449 (1993); B.C. Barnett, L. Rahman, M.N. Islam, Y.C. Chen, P. Bhattacharya, W. Riha, K.V. Reddy, A.T. Howe, K.A. Stair, H. Iwamura, S.R. Friberg and T. Mukai, "High-power erbium-doped fiber laser mode locked by a semiconductor saturable absorber ", Opt. Lett. 20, 471-473 (1995).
15. S. Tsuda, W.H. Knox, J.L. Zyskind, J.E. Cunningham, W.Y. Jan and R. Pathak, "Broadband compact mode-locked Er/Yb fiber Laser", Conf. Laser Electro-Optics '96, OSA Tech. Digest Series 9, (OSA, Washington DC, 1996) 494.
16. B.C. Collings, K. Bergman, S.T. Cundiff, S. Tsuda, J.N. Kutz, J.E. Cunningham, W.Y. Jan, M. Koch and W.H. Knox, "Short Cavity Erbium/Ytterbium Fiber Lasers Modelocked with a Saturable Bragg Reflector ", submitted for publication.
17. S. Tsuda, W.H. Knox, E.A. de Souza, W.Y. Jan and J.E. Cunningham, "Low-loss intracavity AlAs/AlGaAs saturable Bragg reflector for femtosecond modelocking in solid-state lasers ", Opt. Lett. 20, 1406-1408 (1995); S.Tsuda, W.H.Knox, S.T. Cundiff, W.Y. Jan and J.E. Cunningham, "Mode-Locking Ultrafast Solid-State Lasers with Saturable Bragg Reflectors", IEEE J. Sel. Topics Quant Electron. 2, 454-464 (1996).
18. S. Tsuda, W.H. Knox, E.A. de Souza, W.Y. Jan and J.E. Cunningham, "Low-loss intracavity AlAs/AlGaAs saturable Bragg reflector for femtosecond modelocking in solid-state lasers ", Opt. Lett. 20, 1406-1408 (1995); S.Tsuda, W.H.Knox, S.T. Cundiff, W.Y. Jan and J.E. Cunningham, "Mode-Locking Ultrafast Solid-State Lasers with Saturable Bragg Reflectors", IEEE J. Sel. Topics Quant Electron. 2, 454-464 (1996).
19. H.C. Lefevre, "Single-mode fiber fractional wave devices and polarization controllers ", Electron. Lett. 16, 778-780 (1980).
20. S.T. Cundiff, W.H. Knox and M.C. Nuss, "Active feed-forward channel equalization for chirped pulse wavelength division multiplexing", Electron. Lett. 33, 10-11 (1997).
21. see, e.g., E. Collett, Polarized Light (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1993).
22. N. Pandit, D.U. Noske, S.M.J. Kelly and J.R. Taylor, "Characteristic instability of fiber loop soliton lasers", Electron. Lett. 28, 455-457 (1992); S.M.J. Kelly, "Characteristic sideband instability of periodically amplified average soliton", Electron. Lett. 28, 806-807 (1992).
23. N. Pandit, D.U. Noske, S.M.J. Kelly and J.R. Taylor, "Characteristic instability of fiber loop soliton lasers", Electron. Lett. 28, 455-457 (1992); S.M.J. Kelly, "Characteristic sideband instability of periodically amplified average soliton", Electron. Lett. 28, 806-807 (1992).
24. B.C. Collings, K. Bergman, S. Tsuda, and W.H. Knox, "Femtosecond short cavity 2.5 GHz fiber laser harmonically modelocked by a saturable Bragg reflector with low temporal jitter ", presented at CLEO '97, 1997 OSA Technical Digest Series 11 (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 1997) p. 343-344.
25. A.K. Srivastava, J.L. Zyskind, J.W. Sulhoff, J.D. Evankow jr., M.A. Mills, "Room temperature spectral hole burning in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers ", OFC '96, OSA Technical Digest Series 2 (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 1996) 33-34.
26. H.G. Winful, "Self-induced polarization changes in birefringent optical fiber ", Appl. Phys. Lett. 47, 213-215 (1985); H.G. Winful, "Polarization instabilities in birefringent nonlinear media: application to fiber-optic devices ", Opt. Lett. 11, 33-35 (1986).
27. H.G. Winful, "Self-induced polarization changes in birefringent optical fiber ", Appl. Phys. Lett. 47, 213-215 (1985); H.G. Winful, "Polarization instabilities in birefringent nonlinear media: application to fiber-optic devices ", Opt. Lett. 11, 33-35 (1986).
28. C.G. Menyuk, "Nonlinear pulse propagation in birefringent optical fibers ", IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 23, 174-176 (1987); C.G. Menyuk, "Stability of solitons in birefringent optical fibers. I: Equal propagation amplitudes ", Opt. Lett. 12, 614-616 (1987).
29. C.G. Menyuk, "Nonlinear pulse propagation in birefringent optical fibers ", IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 23, 174-176 (1987); C.G. Menyuk, "Stability of solitons in birefringent optical fibers. I: Equal propagation amplitudes ", Opt. Lett. 12, 614-616 (1987).
30. S.G. Evangelides jr., L.F. Mollenauer, J.P. Gordon and N.S. Bergano, "Polarization multiplexing with solitons", J. Lightwave Tech. 10, 28-35 (1992).
31. N.N. Akhmediev, A.V. Buryak, J.M. Soto-Crespo and D.R. Andersen, "Phase-locked stationary soliton states in birefringent nonlinear optical fibers", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 12, 434-439 (1995).
32. Y. Barad and Y. Silberberg, "Polarization Evolution and Polarization Instability of Solitons in a Birefringent Optical Fiber", Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 3290-3293 (1997).