STABILIZATION OF SOLITON-LIKE PULSES WITH A SLOW SATURABLE ABSORBER

Authors
KARTNER FX KELLER U
Citation
Fx. Kartner et U. Keller, STABILIZATION OF SOLITON-LIKE PULSES WITH A SLOW SATURABLE ABSORBER, Optics letters, 20(1), 1995, pp. 16-18
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
16 - 18
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:1<16:SOSPWA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We show that a soliton of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation perturbed by filter losses and/or the finite gain bandwidth of amplifiers can b e kept stable by saturable absorbers with a relaxation time much longe r than the width of the soliton. This provides for ultrashort pulse ge neration with a slow saturable absorber only and may have possible app lications in the stabilization of soliton storage rings.