Experimental study on buildup dynamics of a harmonic mode-locking soliton fiber laser
Author(s) -
Xiaoyue Wang,
Junsong Peng,
Kun Huang,
Ming Yan,
Heping Zeng
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.27.028808
Subject(s) - optics , mode locking , fiber laser , laser , materials science , harmonic , polarization (electrochemistry) , supercontinuum , optical fiber , ultrafast laser spectroscopy , physics , photonic crystal fiber , acoustics , chemistry
In this paper, we experimentally investigate the onset dynamics of harmonic mode-locking (HML) in a short-cavity all-polarization-maintaining fiber laser using time-stretch spectroscopy. We observe a transient multi-pulse state evolving into a stable HML state. Moreover, a bunch of metastable short-lived mode-locking states are recorded before the laser entered the HML state. In these transient states, sudden changes including the formation and destruction of single broadband pulses are observed.
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