Abstract
Stable polarization-locked temporal vector solitons are found in a saturable absorber mode-locked fiber laser with weak cavity birefringence. The system is theoretically modeled with two coupled complex Ginzburg-Landau equations that include fiber birefringence, spectral filtering, saturable gain, and slow saturable absorption. The solutions to this system are similar to those for elliptically polarized vector solitons in a lossless birefringent fiber. Numerical simulations show qualitative agreement with experimental results.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 366-372 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2000 |