Subsideband Generation Associated with Period-N Pulsations in Tm Soliton Fiber Lasers

In mode-locked thulium soliton fiber lasers, we experimentally observe and numerically confirm the formation of numerous dispersive-wave sidebands, following a bifurcation of the pulse dynamics into a stationary short-period pulsation. These resonant sidebands appear in addition to the Gordon-Kelly...

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Published inIEEE photonics journal Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors Pan Wang, Xiaosheng Xiao, Grelu, Philippe, Changxi Yang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.08.2017
Subjects
Amplitude modulation
Cavity resonators
Erbium-doped fiber lasers
Instabilities and chaos
mode-locked fiber lasers
Optical fiber dispersion
Optical fibers
pulse propagation and solitons
Solitons
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Summary:In mode-locked thulium soliton fiber lasers, we experimentally observe and numerically confirm the formation of numerous dispersive-wave sidebands, following a bifurcation of the pulse dynamics into a stationary short-period pulsation. These resonant sidebands appear in addition to the Gordon-Kelly sidebands that are formed in the stationary mode-locked regime. The origin of these sidebands is discussed, highlighting their complexity that does not comply with a simple modulation instability analysis.
ISSN:1943-0655
1943-0647
DOI:10.1109/JPHOT.2017.2714200