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Experimental measurements of the origin of self-phasing in passively coupled fiber lasers

Experimental measurements of the origin of self-phasing in passively coupled fiber lasers
Experimental measurements of the origin of self-phasing in passively coupled fiber lasers
We have directly measured the intensity distribution, gain, and induced phase shift between two fiber lasers that are coherently combined by a Dammann grating. The induced phase shift between the lasers has been shown to approximately cancel out any applied phase error introduced into the cavity, allowing the combined resonator to operate at an efficient low-loss state. We show that the origin of this self-phasing stems from a redistribution of power between the two lasers. The resulting difference in circulating intensity produces a differential change in saturated gain, which in turn produces a differential Kramers-Kronig phase shift that effectively cancels the applied phase error.
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Chiang, Hung-Sheng
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Nilsson, Johan
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Sahu, Jayanta
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Leger, James R.
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Chiang, Hung-Sheng
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Nilsson, Johan
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Sahu, Jayanta
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Leger, James R.
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Chiang, Hung-Sheng, Nilsson, Johan, Sahu, Jayanta and Leger, James R. (2015) Experimental measurements of the origin of self-phasing in passively coupled fiber lasers. Optics Letters, 40 (6), 962-965. (doi:10.1364/OL.40.000962).

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Abstract

We have directly measured the intensity distribution, gain, and induced phase shift between two fiber lasers that are coherently combined by a Dammann grating. The induced phase shift between the lasers has been shown to approximately cancel out any applied phase error introduced into the cavity, allowing the combined resonator to operate at an efficient low-loss state. We show that the origin of this self-phasing stems from a redistribution of power between the two lasers. The resulting difference in circulating intensity produces a differential change in saturated gain, which in turn produces a differential Kramers-Kronig phase shift that effectively cancels the applied phase error.

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Accepted/In Press date: 6 February 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 March 2015
Published date: 15 March 2015
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 386194
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/386194
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: cdfe0988-8f93-4359-bc3c-4f01f5addc69
ORCID for Johan Nilsson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1691-7959
ORCID for Jayanta Sahu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-6152

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Date deposited: 21 Jan 2016 09:48
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Author: Hung-Sheng Chiang
Author: Johan Nilsson ORCID iD
Author: Jayanta Sahu ORCID iD
Author: James R. Leger

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