AMPLIFICATION OF FEMTOSECOND PULSES IN A PASSIVE, ALL-FIBER SOLITON SOURCE

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作者
RICHARDSON, DJ [1 ]
AFANASJEV, VV [1 ]
GRUDININ, AB [1 ]
PAYNE, DN [1 ]
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[1] RUSSIAN ACAD SCI,INST GEN PHYS,MOSCOW 117942,USSR
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10.1364/OL.17.001596
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report a theoretical and experimental study of the amplification of femtosecond soliton pulses generated by a passively mode-locked fiber laser in a high-gain erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). Results on the spectral and temporal evolution of 450-fs soliton pulses propagating within an EDFA are presented. Power gains as high as 30 dB and the generation of sub-100-fs Raman colored solitons are observed. The results are found to be well described by the theoretical model presented.
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