Passive mode locking of a laser with a nonlinear fiber reflector
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 15 (17), 968-970
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.15.000968
Abstract
A nonlinear mirror in the form of a fiber-loop reflector with nonreciprocity is proposed as a passive mode locker. The mode-locking process occurs as a result of the interference of counterpropagating pulses, when they are properly chirped in the fiber loop. With a computer simulation, we study a simple one-cavity model and find stable solutions.Keywords
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