Theoretical and experimental study of harmonically modelocked fiber lasers for optical communication systems

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0269-8433

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2000-11

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Horowitz, M., C.R. Menyuk, T.F. Carruthers, and I.N. Duling. “Theoretical and Experimental Study of Harmonically Modelocked Fiber Lasers for Optical Communication Systems.” Journal of Lightwave Technology 18, no. 11 (November 2000): 1565–74. https://doi.org/10.1109/50.896218.

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This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
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Optical pulse generation
Laser modes
Laser theory
Laser noise
Laser stability
Optical pulses
Laser transitions
UMBC Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory
Fiber lasers
Erbium-doped fiber lasers
Optical fiber communication

Abstract

We study theoretically and experimentally actively modelocked fiber lasers that are used in high repetition rate optical communication systems. Using an innovative numerical technique and a reduced model, we have found that the laser can operate in four different operating regimes when the laser intensity was changed; three of the regimes were experimentally observed in a laser with a sigma configuration. An excellent quantitative agreement between the theoretical and the experimental results was obtained. The use of dispersion management in the sigma laser was found to significantly improve the laser performance.