title: Passive mode locking of a laser with a nonlinear fiber reflector.
abstract: A nonlinear mirror in the form of a fiber-loop reflector with nonreciprocity is proposed as a passive mode locker. The mode-locking process occurs as a result of the interference of counterpropagating pulses, when they are properly chirped in the fiber loop. With a computer simulation, we study a simple one-cavity model and find stable solutions.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Bulushev
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Dianov
authors.forename: O G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Okhotnikov