Passive synchronization between a self-similar pulse and a bound-soliton bunch in a two-color mode-locked fiber laser

We report the first (to our knowledge) experimental observation of passive synchronization between a 1.03 microm self-similar pulse and a 1.56 microm bound-soliton bunch in a two-color mode-locked fiber laser. The self-similar pulse can form an effective potential well of several picoseconds to trap...

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Published in:Optics letters 2009-07, Vol.34 (13), p.1967-1969
Main Authors: HSIANG, Wei-Wei, CHANG, Chia-Hao, CHENG, Chien-Po, LAI, Yinchieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Exact sciences and technology
Fiber lasers
Fiber optics
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Lasers
Nonlinear optics
Optical solitons
nonlinear guided waves
Optics
Physics
Propagation, scattering and losses. Solitons
Ultrafast processes
optical pulse generation and pulse compression
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Summary:We report the first (to our knowledge) experimental observation of passive synchronization between a 1.03 microm self-similar pulse and a 1.56 microm bound-soliton bunch in a two-color mode-locked fiber laser. The self-similar pulse can form an effective potential well of several picoseconds to trap the copropagating bound solitons in the shared-fiber section. Such synchronization mechanism is supported by the experimental evidence of smaller time separation between the bound solitons under synchronization. In addition, the self-similar pulse and bound solitons can still remain locked under the periodic collision of another 1.56 microm unlocked pulse train.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/ol.34.001967