NUMERICAL-SIMULATION OF SUBPICOSECOND SOLITON FORMATION IN A NONLINEAR COUPLER LASER

Authors
KANKA J
Citation
J. Kanka, NUMERICAL-SIMULATION OF SUBPICOSECOND SOLITON FORMATION IN A NONLINEAR COUPLER LASER, Optics letters, 19(22), 1994, pp. 1873-1875
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
19
Issue
22
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1873 - 1875
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1994)19:22<1873:NOSSFI>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The behavior of a passively mode-locked laser based on an active direc tional coupler is studied by use of numerical simulation. It is found that stable generation of subpicosecond solitons in the laser can be a chieved through gain saturation and insertion of a bandpass filter.