Open AccessSideband-controllable mode-locking fiber laser based on chirped fiber Bragg gratings
Author(s) -
Dongdong Han,
Xueming Liu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.027045
Subject(s) - fiber bragg grating , optics , sideband , materials science , fiber laser , laser , phosfos , dispersion (optics) , optical fiber , optoelectronics , dispersion shifted fiber , physics , fiber optic sensor , quantum mechanics , microwave
We have proposed a sideband-controllable fiber soliton laser by means of chirped fiber Bragg gratings (CFBGs). Each side of the spectral sidebands of laser could be removed by using a CFBG with proper dispersion. Numerical simulations have well reproduced the experimental observations. The numerical and experimental investigations show that the generation of the unilateral sidebands is attributed to the CFBG-induced spectral filtering effect. Our work provides an effective way to manage conventional solitons with spectral sidebands.