Transition state to mode locking in a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fibre ring laser

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/20/5/054203

Abstract The transition state between the continuous wave region and the mode-locked region in a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fibre ring laser has been experimentally observed by utilizing the nonlinear polarization rotation technique. When the pump power reaches the mode-locked threshold, the metastable pulse train with a tunable repetition rate is obtained in the transition from the continuous wave state to the passive mode-locked state via proper adjustment of the polarization controller. A simple model has been established to explain the experimental observation.

Keywords: transition state erbium-doped fibre laser mode locking nonlinear polarization rotation

Received: 07 September 2010
Revised: 16 January 2011
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PACS:	42.55.Wd	(Fiber lasers)
	42.60.Fc	(Modulation, tuning, and mode locking)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11074078), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, China (Grant No. 20094407110002), the Key Program for Scientific and Technological Innovations of Higher Education Institutes in Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. cxzd1011), and the Foundation for Distinguished Young Talents in Higher Education of Guangdong, China (Grant No. C10183).

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Liu Jia-Rui(刘佳锐), Xu Wen-Cheng(徐文成), Luo Zhi-Chao(罗智超), Luo Ai-Ping(罗爱平), and Yin Hai-Sen(殷海森) Transition state to mode locking in a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fibre ring laser 2011 Chin. Phys. B 20 054203

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