Simultaneous picosecond and femtosecond solitons delivered from a nanotube-mode-locked all-fiber laser

We propose a compact nanotube-mode-locked all-fiber laser that can simultaneously generate picosecond and femtosecond solitons at different wavelengths. The pulse durations of picosecond and femtosecond solitons are measured to be ∼10.6  ps and ∼466  fs, respectively. Numerical results agree well wi...

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Published inOptics letters Vol. 39; no. 6; p. 1565
Main Authors Han, D D, Liu, X M, Cui, Y D, Wang, G X, Zeng, C, Yun, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 15.03.2014
Subjects
Computer-Aided Design
Energy Transfer
Fiber Optic Technology - instrumentation
Fiber Optic Technology - methods
Lasers
Light
Nanotubes - chemistry
Nanotubes - ultrastructure
Scattering, Radiation
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Summary:We propose a compact nanotube-mode-locked all-fiber laser that can simultaneously generate picosecond and femtosecond solitons at different wavelengths. The pulse durations of picosecond and femtosecond solitons are measured to be ∼10.6  ps and ∼466  fs, respectively. Numerical results agree well with the experimental observations and clearly reveal that the dynamic evolutions of the picosecond and femtosecond solitons are qualitatively distinct in the intracavity. Our study presents a simple, stable, low-cost, and dual-scale ultrafast-pulsed laser source suitable for practical applications in optical communications.
ISSN:1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.39.001565