title: Pulse dynamics of a passively mode-locked Bi-doped fiber laser.
abstract: The pulse evolution in Bi-doped soliton fiber laser with slow and fast saturable absorber has been studied both experimentally and numerically. Semiconductor saturable absorbers with balanced slow and fast absorption recovery mechanisms exhibit a bi-temporal recovery dynamics which permits both reliable start-up of passive mode-locking and short pulse generation and stabilization. The pulse dynamics within the Bi fiber laser cavity have been investigated.
authors.affiliation: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland. samuli.kivisto@tut.fi
authors.forename: Samuli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kivistö
authors.forename: Janne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puustinen
authors.forename: Mircea
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guina
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herda
authors.forename: Saulius
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marcinkevicius
authors.forename: Evgueny M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Dianov
authors.forename: Oleg G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Okhotnikov
mesh_terms: D001729:Bismuth / Q000737:chemistry*; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor; D055096:Optical Devices; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D001729:Bismuth