Pulse dropout in harmonically mode-locked fiber lasers

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

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2000-03

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Horowitz, M., C.R. Menyuk, T.F. Carruthers, and I.N. Duling. “Pulse Dropout in Harmonically Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers.” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 12, no. 3 (March 2000): 266–68. https://doi.org/10.1109/68.826909.

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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
Computer science
Laboratories
Laser mode locking
Optical amplifiers
Optical pulses
Performance gain
Fiber lasers
Laser theory
Pulse amplifiers
UMBC Computational Photonics Lab

Abstract

We have studied theoretically and experimentally supermode competition in an actively mode-locked Er-fiber laser that operates in a high harmonic mode. Using an innovative numerical technique that allows us to properly account for the complex interaction of multiple pulses with the gain media, we could study the dynamics that leads to supermode competition, pulse dropouts, and pulse pair generation, and to accurately predict the limits of the stable operating regime.