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Ultrashort pulse formation and evolution in mode-locked fiber lasers

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Passive mode-locking in fiber lasers is investigated by numerical and experimental means. A non-distributed scalar model solving the nonlinear Schrödinger equation is implemented to study the starting behavior and intra-cavity dynamics numerically. Several operation regimes at positive net-cavity dispersion are experimentally accessed and studied in different environmentally stable, linear laser configurations. In particular, pulse formation and evolution in the chirped-pulse regime at highly positive cavity dispersion is discussed. Based on the experimental results a route to highly energetic pulse solutions is shown in numerical simulations.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 07745, Jena, Germany

    M. Baumgartl, J. Limpert & A. Tünnermann

  2. Helmholtz-Institute Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743, Jena, Germany

    M. Baumgartl, J. Limpert & A. Tünnermann

  3. UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey

    B. Ortaç

  4. Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering, Albert-Einstein-Str. 7, 07745, Jena, Germany

    T. Schreiber & A. Tünnermann

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Baumgartl, M., Ortaç, B., Schreiber, T. et al. Ultrashort pulse formation and evolution in mode-locked fiber lasers. Appl. Phys. B 104, 523–536 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4642-9

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