Amplifier similariton fibre laser with nonlinear spectral compression

Sonia Boscolo (1) , S.K. Turitsyn (1) , Christophe Finot (2)

1 AIPT - Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies
2 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne

We propose and numerically demonstrate a new concept of fibre laser architecture supporting self-similar pulse evolution in the amplifier and nonlinear pulse spectral compression in the passive fibre. The latter process is beneficial for improving the power efficiency as it prevents strong spectral filtering from being highly dissipative.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Sonia Boscolo, S.K. Turitsyn, Christophe Finot. Amplifier similariton fibre laser with nonlinear spectral compression. European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2012, Sep 2012, Amsterdam, France. ⟨hal-00731493⟩