Open AccessPulse dynamics manipulation by the phase bias in a nonlinear fiber amplifying loop mirror
Author(s) -
Ruoyu Liao,
Youjian Song,
Li Chai,
Minglie Hu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.27.014705
Subject(s) - optics , fiber laser , bandwidth limited pulse , pulse (music) , femtosecond pulse shaping , laser , chirp , ultrashort pulse , soliton , dissipative soliton , physics , pulse duration , pulse wave , multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan , materials science , self phase modulation , nonlinear system , nonlinear optics , detector , quantum mechanics
Pulse dynamics controlling is of great importance for high quality pulse generation in ultra-short pulse fiber lasers. The pulse quality characteristics in terms of pulse duration, energy, chirp profile, tunability, as well as noise feature substantially depend on intracavity pulse propagation dynamics. Here we found that a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser can switch among enabling operation conventional soliton, stretched-pulse soliton and dissipative soliton regimes only by manipulating an intracavity phase bias device. This provides a simple approach to tailoring ultra-short laser characteristics to different applications.