In-Cavity Transformations for New Nonlinear Regimes of Pulse Generation in Mode-Locked Fibre Lasers

Sonia Boscolo (1) , Sergei K. Turitsyn (2) , Christophe Finot (3)

1 Photonics Research Group, Aston University
2 AIPT - Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies
3 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne

We review recent progress in the research on nonlinear mechanisms of pulse generation in passively mode-locked fibre lasers. These include parabolic self-similar pulse mode-locking, a mode-locking regime featuring pulses with a triangular distribution of the intensity, and spectral compression arising from nonlinear pulse propagation. We also report on the possibility of achieving various regimes of advanced temporal waveform generation in a mode-locked fibre laser by inclusion of a spectral filter into the laser cavity.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Sonia Boscolo, Sergei K. Turitsyn, Christophe Finot. In-Cavity Transformations for New Nonlinear Regimes of Pulse Generation in Mode-Locked Fibre Lasers. SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Aug 2014, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-01056112⟩