Polarization-locked temporal vector solitons in a fiber laser: Theory

J. M. Soto-Crespo*, N. N. Akhmediev, B. C. Collings, S. T. Cundiff, K. Bergman, W. H. Knox

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)366-372
    Number of pages7
    JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
    Volume17
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2000

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