Amplification of femtosecond pulses in a passive, all-fiber soliton source
- 15 November 1992
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 17 (22) , 1596-1598
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.17.001596
Abstract
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.Keywords
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