title: Dissipative soliton resonance in a passively mode-locked fiber laser.
abstract: The phenomenon of dissipative soliton resonance (DSR) predicts that an increase of pulse energy by orders of magnitude can be obtained in laser oscillators. Here, we prove that DSR is achievable in a realistic ring laser cavity using nonlinear polarization evolution as the mode-locking mechanism, whose nonlinear transmission function is adjusted through a set of waveplates and a passive polarizer. The governing model accounts explicitly for the arbitrary orientations of the waveplates and the polarizer, as well as the gain saturation in the amplifying medium. It is shown that DSR is achievable with realistic laser settings. Our findings provide an excellent design tool for optimizing the mode-locking performance and the enhancement of energy delivered per pulse by orders of magnitude.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-2420, USA. ding@amath.washington.edu
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grelu
authors.forename: J Nathan
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kutz
mesh_terms: D007834:Lasers; D008962:Models, Theoretical