Dissipative-soliton generation with nonlinear-polarization-evolution in a polarization maintaining fiber

Opt Express. 2018 Feb 19;26(4):4166-4171. doi: 10.1364/OE.26.004166.

Abstract

A long-term stable picosecond dissipative soliton (DS) is achieved for the first time using nonlinear polarization evolution. The environmental stabilization is performed by a Faraday mirror, which can cancel environmentally induced changes in the birefringence of the fiber. The laser cavity with all-polarization-maintaining fiber components generates DS pulses with 2.9 nJ single pulse energy and 5.9 ps pulse width. The output power test over 2 hours shows the excellent mode-locking stability of this design.