Convective Nozaki-Bekki holes in a long cavity laser

  • Svetana Slepneva
  • , Ben O'Shaughnessy
  • , Stephen Hegarty
  • , Bryan Kelleher
  • , Sergio Rica
  • , Andrei Vladimirov
  • , Guillaume Huyet

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Abstract

Fourier Domain Mode Locked laser is a novel fast frequency swept source used in Optical Coherence Tomography. The laser has a unidirectional all-fiber ring cavity that incorporates a semiconductor optical amplifier, a tunable Fabry-Perot filter and a fiber delay forming the cavity of up to 20km long. Our numerical modeling based on a set of delay differentiation equations is in excellent agreement with the experimental results that employed real-time intensity and phase characterisation techniques. We show that FDML lasers display a sequence of bifurcations that can co-exist within a sweep and lead, in particular, to the formation of Nozaki-Bekki holes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationReal-Time Measurements, Rogue Events, and Emerging Applications
EditorsDaniel R. Solli, Daniel R. Solli, John M. Dudley, Bahram Jalali, Sergei K. Turitsyn
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781628419672
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventReal-Time Measurements, Rogue Events, and Emerging Applications - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 15 Feb 201616 Feb 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9732
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceReal-Time Measurements, Rogue Events, and Emerging Applications
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period15/02/1616/02/16

Keywords

  • Long cavity laser
  • Nonlinear dynamics
  • Nozaki-Bekki hole
  • Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
  • Spatially extended systems
  • Swept source

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