Observation of dual-wavelength dissipative solitons in a figure-eight erbium-doped fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 20992-20997

  Yun, Ling ^a   Liu, Xueming ^a   Mao, Dong ^a  

^a XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; POLARIZATION; SOLITONS;

CENTRAL WAVELENGTH; DISSIPATIVE SOLITONS; DUAL-WAVELENGTH; DUAL-WAVELENGTH MODE LOCKING; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; FILTERING EFFECTS; MODE-LOCKED SPECTRA; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS; POLARIZATION STATE; ROUND-TRIP TIME; SPECTRAL PROFILE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84866242171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.020992     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. X. M. Liu, "Soliton formation and evolution in passively-mode-locked lasers with ultralong anomalousdispersion fibers," Phys. Rev. A 84(2), 023835 (2011).
2. D. Mao, X. M. Liu, L. R. Wang, X. H. Hu, and H. Lu, "Partially polarized wave-breaking-free dissipative soliton with super-broad spectrum in a mode-locked fiber laser," Laser Phys. Lett. 8(2), 134-138 (2011).
3. P. Grelu and N. Akhmediev, "Dissipative solitons for mode-locked lasers," Nat. Photonics 6(2), 84-92 (2012).
4. S. R. Friberg and K. W. DeLong, "Breakup of bound higher-order solitons," Opt. Lett. 17(14), 979-981 (1992).
5. P. Beaud, W. Hodel, B. Zysset, and H. Weber, "Ultrashort pulse propagation, pulse breakup, and fundamental soliton formation in a single-mode optical fiber," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 23(11), 1938-1946 (1987).
6. A. Komarov, H. Leblond, and F. Sanchez, "Multistability and hysteresis phenomena in passively mode-locked fiber lasers," Phys. Rev. A 71(5), 053809 (2005).
7. J. M. Soto-Crespo, N. Akhmediev, and A. Ankiewicz, "Pulsating, Creeping, and Erupting Solitons in Dissipative Systems," Phys. Rev. Lett. 85(14), 2937-2940 (2000).
8. X. M. Liu, "Pulse evolution without wave breaking in a strongly dissipative-dispersive laser system," Phys. Rev. A 81(5), 053819 (2010).
9. X. Liu, "Mechanism of high-energy pulse generation without wave breaking in mode-locked fiber lasers," Phys. Rev. A 82(5), 053808 (2010).
10. W. Chang, J. M. Soto-Crespo, A. Ankiewicz, and N. Akhmediev, "Dissipative soliton resonances in the anomalous dispersion regime," Phys. Rev. A 79(3), 033840 (2009).
11. L. N. Duan, X. M. Liu, D. Mao, L. R. Wang, and G. X. Wang, "Experimental observation of dissipative soliton resonance in an anomalous-dispersion fiber laser," Opt. Express 20(1), 265-270 (2012).
12. X. Liu, L. Wang, X. Li, H. Sun, A. Lin, K. Lu, Y. Wang, and W. Zhao, "Multistability evolution and hysteresis phenomena of dissipative solitons in a passively mode-locked fiber laser with large normal cavity dispersion," Opt. Express 17(10), 8506-8512 (2009).
13. B. Oktem, C. Ulgudur, and F. Ilday, "Soliton-similariton fibre laser," Nat. Photonics 4(5), 307-311 (2010).
14. N. B. Chichkov, K. Hausmann, D. Wandt, U. Morgner, J. Neumann, and D. Kracht, "High-power dissipative solitons from an all-normal dispersion erbium fiber oscillator," Opt. Lett. 35(16), 2807-2809 (2010).
15. X. M. Liu, "Hysteresis phenomena and multipulse formation of a dissipative system in a passively mode-locked fiber laser," Phys. Rev. A 81(2), 023811 (2010).
16. X. Liu, "Dynamic evolution of temporal dissipative-soliton molecules in large normal path-averaged dispersion fiber lasers," Phys. Rev. A 82(6), 063834 (2010).
17. L. R. Wang, X. M. Liu, and Y. K. Gong, "Giant-chirp oscillator for ultra-large net-normal-dispersion fiber lasers," Laser Phys. Lett. 7(1), 63-67 (2010).
18. M. Tlidi and L. Gelens, "High-order dispersion stabilizes dark dissipative solitons in all-fiber cavities," Opt. Lett. 35(3), 306-308 (2010).
19. S. Li, K. T. Chan, Y. Liu, L. Zhang, and I. Bennion, " Multiwavelength picosecond pulses generated form a selfseeded Fabry-Pérot laser diode with a fiber external cavity using fiber Bragg gratings," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 10(12), 1712-1714 (1998).
20. H. Zhang, D. Y. Tang, X. Wu, and L. M. Zhao, "Multi-wavelength dissipative soliton operation of an erbiumdoped fiber laser," Opt. Express 17(15), 12692-12697 (2009).
21. D. Mao, X. M. Liu, L. R. Wang, H. Lu, and L. N. Duan, "Dual-wavelength step-like pulses in an ultra-large negative-dispersion fiber laser," Opt. Express 19(5), 3996-4001 (2011).
22. X. Liu, X. Yang, F. Lu, J. Ng, X. Zhou, and C. Lu, "Stable and uniform dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on fiber Bragg gratings and photonic crystal fiber," Opt. Express 13(1), 142-147 (2005).
23. G. P. Agrawal, Nonlinear Fiber Optics, 4th ed. (Academic Press, 2007).
24. H. B. Sun, X. M. Liu, Y. K. Gong, X. H. Li, and L. R. Wang, "Broadly Tunable Dual-Wavelength Erbium- Doped Ring Fiber Laser Based on a High-birefringence Fiber Loop Mirror," Laser Phys. 20(2), 522-527 (2010).