Mechanism of intrinsic wavelength tuning and sideband asymmetry in a passively mode-locked soliton fiber ring laser

Authors
Man, WS Tan, HY Demokan, MS Wai, PKA Tang, DY
Citation
Ws. Man et al., Mechanism of intrinsic wavelength tuning and sideband asymmetry in a passively mode-locked soliton fiber ring laser, J OPT SOC B, 17(1), 2000, pp. 28-33
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
07403224 → ACNP
Volume
17
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
28 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(200001)17:1<28:MOIWTA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We have experimentally observed continuous-wavelength tuning in a passively mode-locked fiber ring laser. Depending on the polarization setting, two s eparated tuning ranges are observed. We show that the wavelength tuning is a result of the existence of birefringence in the laser cavity. We have als o shown that the same mechanism is responsible for the power asymmetry of s idebands appearing in the soliton spectrum. (C) 2000 Optical Society of Ame rica.