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Stable soliton-like train pulses in an active fiber laser system

 

M. Wilson^a, P. Rangel-Fonseca^b, A. González-García^c

 

^a Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules, CNRS UMR 8523, Université Lille1, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France. e-mail: mario.wilson@univ-lille1.fr

^b Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica, A.C. Loma del Bosque 115, Col. Lomas del Campestre, 37150, León, México.

^c Coordinación de Mecatrónica, Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Guanajuato, carretera estatal Guanajuato-Puentecillas km. 10.5, Predio el Carmen, 36262, Guanajuato, México.

 

Received 27 March 2014;
accepted 27 October 2014

 

Abstract

Stable soliton-like pattern formation in a compact erbium-doped all fiber laser system is reported. The windows where these bounded states can be achieved were founded varying the cavity losses actively with the help of an electro-optic modulator. The fiber laser worked with a slope efficiency of 24 percent and threshold of less than 16 mW allowing a maximum output power of 3.83 mW. This fiber laser system can be used to obtain non-distortion pulses for optical communication purposes.

Keywords: Fiber lasers; solitons; nonlinear optics; active cavity.

 

PACS: 42.55.Wd; 42.81.Dp; 42.65.Sf; 42.60.Fc

 

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Acknowledgments

This research was partially supported by the Mexican council for the science and technology (CONACYT). M. W. acknowledges FONDECYT project No. 3140387.

 

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