title: Soliton generation from an actively mode-locked fiber laser incorporating an electro-optic fiber modulator.
abstract: This work demonstrates an actively mode-locked fiber laser operating in soliton regime and employing an all-fiber electro-optic modulator. Nonlinear polarization rotation is utilized for femtosecond pulse generation. Stable operation of the all-fiber ring laser is readily achieved at a fundamental repetition rate of 2.6 MHz and produces 460 fs pulses with a spectral bandwidth of 5.3 nm.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Roslagstullsbacken 21, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. mm@laserphysics.kth.se
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malmström
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Margulis
authors.forename: Oleksandr
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tarasenko
authors.forename: Valdas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pasiskevicius
authors.forename: Fredrik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laurell
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*