• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 7, Issue 11, 1331 (2019)
Lei Gao1、4、*, Yulong Cao1, Stefan Wabnitz2、3, Hongqing Ran1, Lingdi Kong1, Yujia Li1, Wei Huang1, Ligang Huang1, Danqi Feng1, and Tao Zhu1、5、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems (Ministry of Education), Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
  • 2Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00184 Rome, Italy
  • 3Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
  • 4e-mail: gaolei@cqu.edu.cn
  • 5e-mail: zhut@cqu.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.7.001331 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Lei Gao, Yulong Cao, Stefan Wabnitz, Hongqing Ran, Lingdi Kong, Yujia Li, Wei Huang, Ligang Huang, Danqi Feng, Tao Zhu. Polarization evolution dynamics of dissipative soliton fiber lasers[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(11): 1331 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Dissipative solitons emerge as stable pulse solutions of nonintegrable and nonconservative nonlinear physical systems, owing to a balance of nonlinearity, dispersion, and loss/gain. A considerable research effort has been dedicated to characterizing amplitude and phase evolutions in the spatiotemporal dynamics of dissipative solitons emerging from fiber lasers. Yet, the picture of the buildup process of dissipative solitons in fiber lasers is incomplete in the absence of corresponding information about the polarization evolution. Here, we characterize probabilistic polarization distributions in the buildup of dissipative solitons in a net-normal dispersion fiber laser system, mode-locked by single-wall carbon nanotubes. The output optical spectra under different pump powers are filtered by a tunable filter, and are detected by a polarization state analyzer. The laser system operates from random amplified spontaneous emission into a stable dissipative soliton state as the cavity gain is progressively increased. Correspondingly, the state of polarization of each spectral wavelength converges towards a fixed point. To reveal the invariant polarization relationship among the various wavelength components of the laser output field, the phase diagram of the ellipticity angle and the spherical orientation angle is introduced. We find that, within the central spectral region of the dissipative soliton, the state of polarization evolves with frequency by tracing a uniform arc on the Poincaré sphere, whereas in the edges of the dissipative soliton spectrum, the state of polarization abruptly changes its path. Increasing cavity gain leads to spectral broadening, accompanied by a random scattering of the state of polarization of newly generated frequencies. Further increases of pump power result in dissipative soliton explosions, accompanied by the emergence of a new type of optical polarization rogue waves. These experimental results provide a deeper insight into the transient dynamics of dissipative soliton fiber lasers.
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    Lei Gao, Yulong Cao, Stefan Wabnitz, Hongqing Ran, Lingdi Kong, Yujia Li, Wei Huang, Ligang Huang, Danqi Feng, Tao Zhu. Polarization evolution dynamics of dissipative soliton fiber lasers[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(11): 1331
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