Published October 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Dark pulse emission of a fiber laser

  • 1. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798 (Singapore)

Description

We report on the dark pulse emission of an all-normal dispersion erbium-doped fiber laser with a polarizer in cavity. We found experimentally that apart from the bright pulse emission, under appropriate conditions the fiber laser could also emit single or multiple dark pulses. Based on numerical simulations we interpret the dark pulse formation in the laser as a result of dark soliton shaping.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 045803-045803.4
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41060058
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; DOPED MATERIALS; EMISSION; ERBIUM; LASER CAVITIES; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PULSES; RESONATORS; SOLITONS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; FIBERS; MATERIALS; METALS; QUASI PARTICLES; RARE EARTHS; SIMULATION

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