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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 73-78 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Optics communications |
| Volume | 361 |
| Early online date | 17 Nov 2015 |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Feb 2016 |
Abstract
Coherent mode-locking (CML) uses self-induced transparency (SIT) soliton formation to achieve, in contrast to conventional schemes based on absorption saturation, the pulse durations below the limit allowed by the gain line width. Despite the great promise it is difficult to realize it experimentally because a complicated setup is required. In all previous theoretical considerations CML is believed to be non-self-starting. In this paper we show that if the cavity length is selected properly, a very stable (CML) regime can be realized in an elementary two-section ring-cavity geometry, and this regime is self-developing from the non-lasing state. The stability of the pulsed regime is the result of a dynamical stabilization mechanism arising due to finite-cavity-size effects.
Keywords
- Laser mode-locking, Optical solitons, Self-induced transparency, Short optical pulses
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Chemistry(all)
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Engineering(all)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-starting stable coherent mode-locking in a two-section laser
AU - Arkhipov, R. M.
AU - Arkhipov, M. V.
AU - Babushkin, I.
N1 - Funding Information: R. Arkhipov would like to acknowledge the support of EU FP7 ITN PROPHET , Grant no. 264687 . Authors also thank Dr. I.A. Chekhonin for helpful discussions.
PY - 2016/2/15
Y1 - 2016/2/15
N2 - Coherent mode-locking (CML) uses self-induced transparency (SIT) soliton formation to achieve, in contrast to conventional schemes based on absorption saturation, the pulse durations below the limit allowed by the gain line width. Despite the great promise it is difficult to realize it experimentally because a complicated setup is required. In all previous theoretical considerations CML is believed to be non-self-starting. In this paper we show that if the cavity length is selected properly, a very stable (CML) regime can be realized in an elementary two-section ring-cavity geometry, and this regime is self-developing from the non-lasing state. The stability of the pulsed regime is the result of a dynamical stabilization mechanism arising due to finite-cavity-size effects.
AB - Coherent mode-locking (CML) uses self-induced transparency (SIT) soliton formation to achieve, in contrast to conventional schemes based on absorption saturation, the pulse durations below the limit allowed by the gain line width. Despite the great promise it is difficult to realize it experimentally because a complicated setup is required. In all previous theoretical considerations CML is believed to be non-self-starting. In this paper we show that if the cavity length is selected properly, a very stable (CML) regime can be realized in an elementary two-section ring-cavity geometry, and this regime is self-developing from the non-lasing state. The stability of the pulsed regime is the result of a dynamical stabilization mechanism arising due to finite-cavity-size effects.
KW - Laser mode-locking
KW - Optical solitons
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KW - Short optical pulses
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