Open AccessOn the profile of pulses generated by fiber lasers
Author(s) -
Pierre-André Bélanger
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.13.008089
Subject(s) - optics , fiber laser , laser , chirp , pulse (music) , dispersion (optics) , materials science , physics , detector
A novel interpretation of the Ginzburg-Landau (GL) chirped solitary wave yields a realistic profile of the chirp-free pulse with minimum width generated by fiber mode-locked lasers. The minimum pulse width is evaluated for negative and positive average dispersion regimes of laser operation.