Soliton collapse and bunched noise-like pulse generation in a passively mode-locked fiber ring laser

D. Y. Tang; L. M. Zhao; B. Zhao

doi:10.1364/OPEX.13.002289

Abstract

A passively mode-locked soliton fiber ring laser with dispersion managed cavity is reported. The laser emits intense bunched noise-like pulses including the transform limited pulses. The optical spectrum of the laser emission has a bandwidth as broad as 32.10 nm. It was found that purely depending on the linear cavity phase delay the laser could be switched between the soliton operation and the noise-like pulse emission. Numerical simulations showed that the laser emission was caused by the combined effect of soliton collapse and positive cavity feedback in the laser.

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D. J. Richardson, R. I. Laming, D. N. Payne, M. W. Phillips, and V. J. Matsas, “320 fs soliton generation with passively mode-locked erbium fibre laser,” Electron. Lett. 27, 730–732 (1991).
[Crossref]
K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Self-starting additive pulse mode-locked erbium fiber ring laser,” Electron. Lett. 28, 2226–2228 (1992).
[Crossref]
A. B. Grudinin, D. J. Richardson, and D. N. Payne, “Energy quantization in figure eight fiber laser,” Electron. Lett. 28, 67–68 (1992).
[Crossref]
N. H. Seong and Dug Y. Kim, “Experimental observation of stable bound solitons in figure-eight fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1321–1323(2002).
[Crossref]
D. Y. Tang, B. Zhao, D. Y. Shen, C. Lu, W. S. Man, and H. Y. Tam, “Compound pulse solitons in a fiber ring laser,” Phys. Rev. A. 68, 013816 (2003).
[Crossref]
W. S. man, H. Y. Tam, M. S. Demokan, P. K. A. Wai, and D. Y. Tang, “Mechanism of intrinsic wavelength tuning and sideband asymmetry in a passively mode-locked soliton fiber ring laser,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17, 28–33 (2000).
[Crossref]
Masataka, Nakazawa, Eiji Yoshida, and Yasuo Kimura, “Low threshold, 290 fs erbium-doped fiber laser with a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror pumped by InGaAsP laser diodes,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 59, 2073–2075 (1991).
[Crossref]
M. Horowitz, Y. Barad, and Y. Silberberg, “Noiselike pulses with a broadband spectrum generated from an erbium-doped fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 22, 799–801 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]
K. J. Blow, N. J. Doran, and D. Wood, “Trapping of energy into solitary waves in amplified nonlinear dispersive systems,” Opt. Lett. 12, 1011–1013 (1987).
[Crossref] [PubMed]
A. I. Chernykh and S. K. Turitsyn, “Soliton and collapse regimes of pulse generation in passively mode-locking laser systems,” Opt. Lett. 20, 398–400 (1995).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2003 (1)

D. Y. Tang, B. Zhao, D. Y. Shen, C. Lu, W. S. Man, and H. Y. Tam, “Compound pulse solitons in a fiber ring laser,” Phys. Rev. A. 68, 013816 (2003).
[Crossref]

1992 (2)

K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Self-starting additive pulse mode-locked erbium fiber ring laser,” Electron. Lett. 28, 2226–2228 (1992).
[Crossref]

A. B. Grudinin, D. J. Richardson, and D. N. Payne, “Energy quantization in figure eight fiber laser,” Electron. Lett. 28, 67–68 (1992).
[Crossref]

1991 (2)

Masataka, Nakazawa, Eiji Yoshida, and Yasuo Kimura, “Low threshold, 290 fs erbium-doped fiber laser with a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror pumped by InGaAsP laser diodes,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 59, 2073–2075 (1991).
[Crossref]

D. J. Richardson, R. I. Laming, D. N. Payne, M. W. Phillips, and V. J. Matsas, “320 fs soliton generation with passively mode-locked erbium fibre laser,” Electron. Lett. 27, 730–732 (1991).
[Crossref]

1987 (1)

K. J. Blow, N. J. Doran, and D. Wood, “Trapping of energy into solitary waves in amplified nonlinear dispersive systems,” Opt. Lett. 12, 1011–1013 (1987).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Barad, Y.

M. Horowitz, Y. Barad, and Y. Silberberg, “Noiselike pulses with a broadband spectrum generated from an erbium-doped fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 22, 799–801 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Blow, K. J.

K. J. Blow, N. J. Doran, and D. Wood, “Trapping of energy into solitary waves in amplified nonlinear dispersive systems,” Opt. Lett. 12, 1011–1013 (1987).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Chernykh, A. I.

A. I. Chernykh and S. K. Turitsyn, “Soliton and collapse regimes of pulse generation in passively mode-locking laser systems,” Opt. Lett. 20, 398–400 (1995).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Demokan, M. S.

W. S. man, H. Y. Tam, M. S. Demokan, P. K. A. Wai, and D. Y. Tang, “Mechanism of intrinsic wavelength tuning and sideband asymmetry in a passively mode-locked soliton fiber ring laser,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17, 28–33 (2000).
[Crossref]

Doran, N. J.

K. J. Blow, N. J. Doran, and D. Wood, “Trapping of energy into solitary waves in amplified nonlinear dispersive systems,” Opt. Lett. 12, 1011–1013 (1987).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Grudinin, A. B.

A. B. Grudinin, D. J. Richardson, and D. N. Payne, “Energy quantization in figure eight fiber laser,” Electron. Lett. 28, 67–68 (1992).
[Crossref]

Haus, H. A.

K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Self-starting additive pulse mode-locked erbium fiber ring laser,” Electron. Lett. 28, 2226–2228 (1992).
[Crossref]

Horowitz, M.

M. Horowitz, Y. Barad, and Y. Silberberg, “Noiselike pulses with a broadband spectrum generated from an erbium-doped fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 22, 799–801 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Ippen, E. P.

K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Self-starting additive pulse mode-locked erbium fiber ring laser,” Electron. Lett. 28, 2226–2228 (1992).
[Crossref]

Kim, Dug Y.

N. H. Seong and Dug Y. Kim, “Experimental observation of stable bound solitons in figure-eight fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1321–1323(2002).
[Crossref]

Kimura, Yasuo

Masataka, Nakazawa, Eiji Yoshida, and Yasuo Kimura, “Low threshold, 290 fs erbium-doped fiber laser with a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror pumped by InGaAsP laser diodes,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 59, 2073–2075 (1991).
[Crossref]

Laming, R. I.

D. J. Richardson, R. I. Laming, D. N. Payne, M. W. Phillips, and V. J. Matsas, “320 fs soliton generation with passively mode-locked erbium fibre laser,” Electron. Lett. 27, 730–732 (1991).
[Crossref]

Lu, C.

D. Y. Tang, B. Zhao, D. Y. Shen, C. Lu, W. S. Man, and H. Y. Tam, “Compound pulse solitons in a fiber ring laser,” Phys. Rev. A. 68, 013816 (2003).
[Crossref]

Man, W. S.

D. Y. Tang, B. Zhao, D. Y. Shen, C. Lu, W. S. Man, and H. Y. Tam, “Compound pulse solitons in a fiber ring laser,” Phys. Rev. A. 68, 013816 (2003).
[Crossref]

W. S. man, H. Y. Tam, M. S. Demokan, P. K. A. Wai, and D. Y. Tang, “Mechanism of intrinsic wavelength tuning and sideband asymmetry in a passively mode-locked soliton fiber ring laser,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17, 28–33 (2000).
[Crossref]

Masataka,

Masataka, Nakazawa, Eiji Yoshida, and Yasuo Kimura, “Low threshold, 290 fs erbium-doped fiber laser with a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror pumped by InGaAsP laser diodes,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 59, 2073–2075 (1991).
[Crossref]

Matsas, V. J.

D. J. Richardson, R. I. Laming, D. N. Payne, M. W. Phillips, and V. J. Matsas, “320 fs soliton generation with passively mode-locked erbium fibre laser,” Electron. Lett. 27, 730–732 (1991).
[Crossref]

Nakazawa,

Masataka, Nakazawa, Eiji Yoshida, and Yasuo Kimura, “Low threshold, 290 fs erbium-doped fiber laser with a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror pumped by InGaAsP laser diodes,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 59, 2073–2075 (1991).
[Crossref]

Payne, D. N.

A. B. Grudinin, D. J. Richardson, and D. N. Payne, “Energy quantization in figure eight fiber laser,” Electron. Lett. 28, 67–68 (1992).
[Crossref]

D. J. Richardson, R. I. Laming, D. N. Payne, M. W. Phillips, and V. J. Matsas, “320 fs soliton generation with passively mode-locked erbium fibre laser,” Electron. Lett. 27, 730–732 (1991).
[Crossref]

Phillips, M. W.

D. J. Richardson, R. I. Laming, D. N. Payne, M. W. Phillips, and V. J. Matsas, “320 fs soliton generation with passively mode-locked erbium fibre laser,” Electron. Lett. 27, 730–732 (1991).
[Crossref]

Richardson, D. J.

A. B. Grudinin, D. J. Richardson, and D. N. Payne, “Energy quantization in figure eight fiber laser,” Electron. Lett. 28, 67–68 (1992).
[Crossref]

D. J. Richardson, R. I. Laming, D. N. Payne, M. W. Phillips, and V. J. Matsas, “320 fs soliton generation with passively mode-locked erbium fibre laser,” Electron. Lett. 27, 730–732 (1991).
[Crossref]

Seong, N. H.

N. H. Seong and Dug Y. Kim, “Experimental observation of stable bound solitons in figure-eight fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1321–1323(2002).
[Crossref]

Shen, D. Y.

D. Y. Tang, B. Zhao, D. Y. Shen, C. Lu, W. S. Man, and H. Y. Tam, “Compound pulse solitons in a fiber ring laser,” Phys. Rev. A. 68, 013816 (2003).
[Crossref]

Silberberg, Y.

M. Horowitz, Y. Barad, and Y. Silberberg, “Noiselike pulses with a broadband spectrum generated from an erbium-doped fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 22, 799–801 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Tam, H. Y.

D. Y. Tang, B. Zhao, D. Y. Shen, C. Lu, W. S. Man, and H. Y. Tam, “Compound pulse solitons in a fiber ring laser,” Phys. Rev. A. 68, 013816 (2003).
[Crossref]

W. S. man, H. Y. Tam, M. S. Demokan, P. K. A. Wai, and D. Y. Tang, “Mechanism of intrinsic wavelength tuning and sideband asymmetry in a passively mode-locked soliton fiber ring laser,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17, 28–33 (2000).
[Crossref]

Tamura, K.

K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Self-starting additive pulse mode-locked erbium fiber ring laser,” Electron. Lett. 28, 2226–2228 (1992).
[Crossref]

Tang, D. Y.

D. Y. Tang, B. Zhao, D. Y. Shen, C. Lu, W. S. Man, and H. Y. Tam, “Compound pulse solitons in a fiber ring laser,” Phys. Rev. A. 68, 013816 (2003).
[Crossref]

W. S. man, H. Y. Tam, M. S. Demokan, P. K. A. Wai, and D. Y. Tang, “Mechanism of intrinsic wavelength tuning and sideband asymmetry in a passively mode-locked soliton fiber ring laser,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17, 28–33 (2000).
[Crossref]

Turitsyn, S. K.

A. I. Chernykh and S. K. Turitsyn, “Soliton and collapse regimes of pulse generation in passively mode-locking laser systems,” Opt. Lett. 20, 398–400 (1995).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Wai, P. K. A.

W. S. man, H. Y. Tam, M. S. Demokan, P. K. A. Wai, and D. Y. Tang, “Mechanism of intrinsic wavelength tuning and sideband asymmetry in a passively mode-locked soliton fiber ring laser,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17, 28–33 (2000).
[Crossref]

Wood, D.

K. J. Blow, N. J. Doran, and D. Wood, “Trapping of energy into solitary waves in amplified nonlinear dispersive systems,” Opt. Lett. 12, 1011–1013 (1987).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Yoshida, Eiji

Masataka, Nakazawa, Eiji Yoshida, and Yasuo Kimura, “Low threshold, 290 fs erbium-doped fiber laser with a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror pumped by InGaAsP laser diodes,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 59, 2073–2075 (1991).
[Crossref]

Zhao, B.

D. Y. Tang, B. Zhao, D. Y. Shen, C. Lu, W. S. Man, and H. Y. Tam, “Compound pulse solitons in a fiber ring laser,” Phys. Rev. A. 68, 013816 (2003).
[Crossref]

Appl. Phys. Lett. (1)

Masataka, Nakazawa, Eiji Yoshida, and Yasuo Kimura, “Low threshold, 290 fs erbium-doped fiber laser with a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror pumped by InGaAsP laser diodes,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 59, 2073–2075 (1991).
[Crossref]

Electron. Lett. (3)

D. J. Richardson, R. I. Laming, D. N. Payne, M. W. Phillips, and V. J. Matsas, “320 fs soliton generation with passively mode-locked erbium fibre laser,” Electron. Lett. 27, 730–732 (1991).
[Crossref]

K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Self-starting additive pulse mode-locked erbium fiber ring laser,” Electron. Lett. 28, 2226–2228 (1992).
[Crossref]

A. B. Grudinin, D. J. Richardson, and D. N. Payne, “Energy quantization in figure eight fiber laser,” Electron. Lett. 28, 67–68 (1992).
[Crossref]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (1)

W. S. man, H. Y. Tam, M. S. Demokan, P. K. A. Wai, and D. Y. Tang, “Mechanism of intrinsic wavelength tuning and sideband asymmetry in a passively mode-locked soliton fiber ring laser,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17, 28–33 (2000).
[Crossref]

Opt. Lett. (4)

K. J. Blow, N. J. Doran, and D. Wood, “Trapping of energy into solitary waves in amplified nonlinear dispersive systems,” Opt. Lett. 12, 1011–1013 (1987).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. I. Chernykh and S. K. Turitsyn, “Soliton and collapse regimes of pulse generation in passively mode-locking laser systems,” Opt. Lett. 20, 398–400 (1995).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Horowitz, Y. Barad, and Y. Silberberg, “Noiselike pulses with a broadband spectrum generated from an erbium-doped fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 22, 799–801 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

N. H. Seong and Dug Y. Kim, “Experimental observation of stable bound solitons in figure-eight fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1321–1323(2002).
[Crossref]

Phys. Rev. A. (1)

D. Y. Tang, B. Zhao, D. Y. Shen, C. Lu, W. S. Man, and H. Y. Tam, “Compound pulse solitons in a fiber ring laser,” Phys. Rev. A. 68, 013816 (2003).
[Crossref]

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Fig. 1. Schematic of the fiber soliton laser setup. λ/4 : quarter-wave plate; λ/2 : half-wave plate; BS: beam splitter; WDM: wavelength-division multiplexer.

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Fig. 2. A typical state of the bunched noise-like pulse emission. (a) Optical spectrum of the state; (b) Autocorrelation trace with a scan span of 5 ps; (c) Autocorrelation trace with a scan span of 0.5 ps.

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Fig. 3. A typical bunched noise-like pulse state numerically calculated. (a) Time evolution of the noise-like pulses; (b) Autocorrelation trace numerical calculated.

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{\begin{matrix} \frac{\partial u}{\partial z} = i β u - δ \frac{\partial u}{\partial t} - \frac{{ik}^{"}}{2} \frac{\partial^{2} u}{\partial t^{2}} + \frac{{ik}^{"'}}{6} \frac{\partial^{3} u}{\partial t^{3}} + i γ ({∣ u ∣}^{2} + \frac{2}{3} {∣ v ∣}^{2}) u + \frac{i γ}{3} v^{2} u^{*} + \frac{g}{2} u + \frac{g}{2 Ω_{g}} \frac{\partial^{2} u}{\partial t^{2}} \\ \frac{\partial v}{\partial z} = - i β v + δ \frac{\partial v}{\partial t} - \frac{{ik}^{"}}{2} \frac{\partial^{2} v}{\partial t^{2}} + \frac{{ik}^{"'}}{6} \frac{\partial^{3} v}{\partial t^{3}} + i γ ({∣ v ∣}^{2} + \frac{2}{3} {∣ u ∣}^{2}) v + \frac{i γ}{3} u^{2} v^{*} + \frac{g}{2} v + \frac{g}{2 Ω_{g}} \frac{\partial^{2} v}{\partial t^{2}} \end{matrix}

g = g_{0} \exp [- \frac{\int ({∣ u ∣}^{2} + {∣ v ∣}^{2}) dt}{P_{sat}}]

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2000 (1)

1997 (1)

1995 (1)

1992 (2)

1991 (2)

1987 (1)

Barad, Y.

Blow, K. J.

Chernykh, A. I.

Demokan, M. S.

Doran, N. J.

Grudinin, A. B.

Haus, H. A.

Horowitz, M.

Ippen, E. P.

Kim, Dug Y.

Kimura, Yasuo

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Lu, C.

Man, W. S.

Masataka,

Matsas, V. J.

Nakazawa,

Payne, D. N.

Phillips, M. W.

Richardson, D. J.

Seong, N. H.

Shen, D. Y.

Silberberg, Y.

Tam, H. Y.

Tamura, K.

Tang, D. Y.

Turitsyn, S. K.

Wai, P. K. A.

Wood, D.

Yoshida, Eiji

Zhao, B.

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