Operating regimes and performance optimization of the mode-locking dynamics of a laser cavity with passive polarizer

Edwin Ding; J. Nathan Kutz

doi:10.1117/12.840568

17 February 2010 Operating regimes and performance optimization of the mode-locking dynamics of a laser cavity with passive polarizer

Edwin Ding, J. Nathan Kutz

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Proceedings Volume 7580, Fiber Lasers VII: Technology, Systems, and Applications; 758020 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.840568
Event: SPIE LASE, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

An iterative method is developed to characterize the mode-locking dynamics in a laser cavity mode-locked with a combination of waveplates and a passive polarizer. The method explicitly accounts for an arbitrary alignment of the fast- and slow-axes of the fiber with the waveplates and polarizer, fiber birefringence and saturating gain dynamics. The general averaging scheme results in the cubic-quintic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation (CQGLE), and an extensive comparison shows the agreement between the full model and the CQGLE and allows for a characterization of the stability and operating regimes of the laser cavity.

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Edwin Ding and J. Nathan Kutz "Operating regimes and performance optimization of the mode-locking dynamics of a laser cavity with passive polarizer", Proc. SPIE 7580, Fiber Lasers VII: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 758020 (17 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.840568

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