Simulations and experiments showing the origin of multi-wavelength mode locking in femtosecond, Yb-fiber lasers
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A stable and self-starting femtosecond breathing-pulse Yb-fiber oscillator is reported, modelocked using the nonlinear polarisation evolution mechanism. A bifurcation between two distinct modes of operation is demonstrated experimentally, producing pulses with a single central wavelength in one state, or following adjustment of the intra-cavity waveplates, the emission of pulses with three distinct central wavelengths. The maximum bandwidth was 72 nm at the -10 dB level and the pulses were compressible externally to 70 fs with energies of 0.75 nJ. The multi-wavelength pulses reported here are significantly shorter than the pico-second pulses previously observed from similar modelocked multi-wavelength sources. Vector simulations based on the nonlinear Schrödinger equation show that the multi-wavelength behaviour is produced by overdriving the nonlinear polarisation evolution based saturable absorber at the peak of the pulse, leading to transmission of the two wings of the strongly chirped pulse. This new insight shows clearly that the three pulses output in the multi-wavelenght state are coherent. The agreement between simulation and experimental data shows nonlinear polarisation evolution based modelocked fiber lasers are a suitable platform for studying the nonlinear dynamics underlying the bifurcation of the output. © 2016 Optical Society of America
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