Ginzburg-Landau turbulence in quasi-CW Raman fiber lasers

Srikanth Sugavanam, Nikita Tarasov, Stefan Wabnitz, Dmitry V. Churkin*

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Abstract

Fiber lasers operating via Raman gain or based on rare-earth-doped active fibers are widely used as sources of CW radiation. However, these lasers are only quasi-CW: their intensity fluctuates strongly on short time scales. Here the framework of the complex Ginzburg-Landau equations, which are well known as an efficient model of mode-locked fiber lasers, is applied for the description of quasi-CW fiber lasers. The vector Ginzburg-Landau model of a Raman fiber laser describes the experimentally observed turbulent-like intensity dynamics, as well as polarization rogue waves. Our results open debates about the common underlying physics of operation of very different laser types - quasi-CW lasers and passively mode-locked lasers. Fiber lasers operating via Raman gain or based on rare-earth-doped active fibers are widely used as sources of CW radiation. However, these lasers are only quasi-CW: their intensity fluctuates strongly on short time scales. Here the framework of the complex Ginzburg-Landau equations, which are well known as an efficient model of mode-locked fiber lasers, is applied for the description of quasi-CW fiber lasers. The vector Ginzburg-Landau model of a Raman fiber laser describes the experimentally observed turbulent-like intensity dynamics, as well as polarization rogue waves. Our results open debates about the common underlying physics of operation of very different laser types - quasi-CW lasers and passively mode-locked lasers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L35-L39
Number of pages5
JournalLaser and Photonics Reviews
Volume9
Issue number6
Early online date6 Oct 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2015

Bibliographical note

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Sugavanam, S., Tarasov, N., Wabnitz, S., & Churkin, D. V. (2015). Ginzburg-Landau turbulence in quasi-CW Raman fiber lasers. Laser and photonics reviews, 9(6), L35-L39, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lpor.201500012. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

Keywords

  • fiber laser
  • optical turbulence
  • rogue waves
  • vector Ginzburg-Landau model

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