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Amplifier similaritons in a dispersion-mapped fiber laser [Invited]
William H Renninger1, Andy Chong, Frank W Wise
1Department of Applied Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. whr6@cornell.edu
Abstract:
Amplifier similaritons are generated in a dispersion-mapped fiber laser. Output pulse parameters are nearly independent of the net group velocity dispersion (GVD) owing to the strong local nonlinear attraction in the gain fiber, which dictates the pulse evolution. This constitutes a stable mode-locking regime that is capable of generating sub-100-fs pulses over a broad range of anomalous and normal GVD. These features are consistent with numerical simulations.
