Mode-locking of fiber lasers induced by residual polarization dependent loss of cavity components

DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X10190187
Author	Search for: Wu, X.; Search for: Tang, D. Y.; Search for: Zhao, L. M.; Search for: Zhang, H.
Format	Text, Article
Subject	photonics
Abstract	We found experimentally that under strong pumping, mode locking could self-start in a fiber laser even without inserting a polarizer or a mode locker in the cavity. It was identified that the mode locking was caused by the large residual polarization dependent loss (PDL) of a cavity component. We have experimentally determined the strength of PDL in our fiber lasers. Our results show that in order to exclude the nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) mode locking effect in a fiber laser one has to carefully select the intracavity components.
Publication date	2010-10-01
In	Laser Physics 20, no. 10 (1 October 2010): 1913–1917.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC publication	This is a non-NRC publication "Non-NRC publications" are publications authored by NRC employees prior to their employment by NRC.
Identifier	9513
NPARC number	21277260
Export citation	Export as RIS
Report a correction	Report a correction (opens in a new tab)
Record identifier	04785eae-1e2b-4457-8add-c134dbdceede
Record created	2016-01-26
Record modified	2020-04-17