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Jochen B Schröder1, Stéphane Coen, Thibaut Sylvestre
1Institute of Photonics and Optical Science,Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems, School of Physics A28, The University of Sydney, Australia. j.schroeder@physics.usyd.edu.au
Abstract:
We demonstrate the integration of a spectral pulse-shaper into a passive mode-locked laser cavity for direct control of the output pulse-shape of the laser. Depending on the dispersion filter applied with the pulse-shaper we either observe a bright or dark "soliton-like" pulse train. The results demonstrate the strong potential of an in-cavity spectral pulse-shaper as an experimental tool for controlling the dynamics of passively mode-locked lasers.
