Open AccessLinear dissipative soliton in an anomalous-dispersion fiber laser
Author(s) -
Ruixin Wang,
Yitang Dai,
Feifei Yin,
Kun Xu,
Jianqiang Li,
Jintong Lin
Publication year - 2014
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.22.029314
Subject(s) - optics , fiber laser , dispersion (optics) , laser , self phase modulation , dissipative system , dissipative soliton , frequency comb , soliton , chirp , physics , mode locking , cross phase modulation , materials science , phase modulation , nonlinear optics , nonlinear system , phase noise , quantum mechanics
We report on the generation of linear dissipative soliton (LDS) from an erbium-doped actively mode-locked fiber laser. We show that depending on the down-chirping effect of quadratic phase modulation, instead of the fiber nonlinear Kerr effect in an all-normal-dispersion (ANDi) cavity, stable LDS can be realized in the linear dissipative system. The DS operation of ANDi laser and LDS operation of anomalous dispersion laser are experimentally investigated and compared, and the formation mechanisms of the DS and LDS are discussed. Finally, optical frequency comb generated by the LDS laser is demonstrated.