Real‐Time Investigation of Ultrafast Dynamics through Time‐Stretched Dispersive Fourier Transform in Mode‐Locked Fiber Lasers

KY Lau, Y Cui, X Liu, J Qiu - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Real‐time investigation in mode‐locked fiber lasers (MLFLs) is important to understand the
ultrafast dynamics before, during, and after the formation of stable laser pulses. However …

Single-shot observation of stretched-pulse buildup dynamics in an ultrafast fiber laser

D Han, Z Hui, J Xie, K Ren, J Gong, F Zhao… - Infrared Physics & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Time-stretch dispersive Fourier transform (TS-DFT) technique offers a powerful way to
investigate the non-repetitive formation dynamics of mode locking. Here we have unveiled …

Transient dynamics in mode-locked all-PM Er-doped fiber laser with NALM

D Stoliarov, I Kudelin, A Koviarov, E Rafailov - Optics Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we utilized the Time-Stretch Dispersive Fourier Transform (TS-DFT) method to
explore rapid transient states in both time and frequency domains of an all-polarization …

Real-time observation of round-trip resolved spectral dynamics in a stabilized fs fiber laser

B Li, Y Yu, X Wei, Y Xu, KK Tsia, KKY Wong - Optics Express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Fiber-stretcher based phase-lock loop (PLL) is a mature technique in fiber mode-locked
lasers for repetition-rate stabilization. However, undesired side effects may be induced if not …

Real-time observation of vortex mode switching in a narrow-linewidth mode-locked fiber laser

J Lu, F Shi, L Meng, L Zhang, L Teng, Z Luo… - Photonics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Temporal and spatial resonant modes are always possessed in physical systems with
energy oscillation. In ultrafast fiber lasers, enormous progress has been made toward …

Impact of third-order dispersion on the generation of wave-breaking free pulses in ultrafast fiber lasers

A Ruehl, O Prochnow, M Schultz, D Wandt, D Kracht - Optics letters, 2007 - opg.optica.org
Wave-breaking free pulses generated in passively mode-locked fiber lasers can tolerate a
certain cubic phase delay induced by third-order dispersion without losing pulse quality. We …

Revealing the buildup dynamics of harmonic mode‐locking states in ultrafast lasers

X Liu, M Pang - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Harmonic mode‐locking (HML) is an important technique enabling the generation of high‐
repetition‐rate ultrashort pulses. Using an emerging time‐stretch dispersive Fourier …

Spectro-temporal evolution of mode-locked lasing in fiber frequency-shifted feedback laser

Z Gao, T Mei - Optics Letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
As a type of mode-locked fiber laser, fiber frequency-shifted feedback lasers (FSFLs) have
been rarely studied regarding the buildup process of mode locking. We carried out an …

Effect of amplified spontaneous emission and absorber mirror recovery time on the dynamics of mode-locked fiber lasers

R Herda, OG Okhotnikov - Applied physics letters, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) on the performance of the
semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs) in mode-locked fiber lasers has been …

Real-time observation of the regime transition dynamics of mode-locked fiber lasers

G Pu, L Yi, L Zhang, Y Feng, Z Li… - IEEE Photonics …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mode-locked lasers exhibit complex nonlinear dynamics. Precise observation of these
dynamics will aid in the understanding of the underlying physics and provide new insights …