TY - CHAP

T1 - Wide variability of generation regimes in mode-locked fiber lasers

AU - Smirnov, Sergey V.

AU - Kobtsev, Sergey M.

AU - Turitsyn, Sergei K.

PY - 2017/3/21

Y1 - 2017/3/21

N2 - Mode-locked fibre lasers (MLFL) are widely used in an extensive application field, including material processing, spectroscopy, two-photon microscopy, ophthalmology, and may other promising applications. This chapter focuses on passively mode-locked fiber lasers capable of producing even faster pico- and femto-second pulses. In its study of the variety of fiber laser generation regimes, the chapter relies on the numerical modeling of a ring fiber laser passively mode-locked due to the effect of nonlinear polarization evolution. The temporal distribution of radiation intensity for noise-like pulses is defined by two temporal parameters: the pulse-train envelope width and the typical intensity fluctuation time inside the train. Passively mode-locked fiber lasers based on artificial saturable absorption, such as nonlinear polarization evolution effect, NOLM/NALM, etc., possess a significant number of degrees of freedom. The double-scale clusters of pulses may be advantageous for the ablation applications similar to burst-mode operating lasers.

AB - Mode-locked fibre lasers (MLFL) are widely used in an extensive application field, including material processing, spectroscopy, two-photon microscopy, ophthalmology, and may other promising applications. This chapter focuses on passively mode-locked fiber lasers capable of producing even faster pico- and femto-second pulses. In its study of the variety of fiber laser generation regimes, the chapter relies on the numerical modeling of a ring fiber laser passively mode-locked due to the effect of nonlinear polarization evolution. The temporal distribution of radiation intensity for noise-like pulses is defined by two temporal parameters: the pulse-train envelope width and the typical intensity fluctuation time inside the train. Passively mode-locked fiber lasers based on artificial saturable absorption, such as nonlinear polarization evolution effect, NOLM/NALM, etc., possess a significant number of degrees of freedom. The double-scale clusters of pulses may be advantageous for the ablation applications similar to burst-mode operating lasers.

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U2 - 10.1002/9781119088134.ch14

DO - 10.1002/9781119088134.ch14

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85047792148

SN - 9781119088134

T3 - Shaping Light in Nonlinear Optical Fibers

SP - 415

EP - 433

BT - Shaping Light in Nonlinear Optical Fibers

PB - John Wiley and Sons Ltd

ER -