TY  - JOUR
AU  - Edelmann, Marvin
AU  - Hua, Yi
AU  - Shafak, Kemal
AU  - Kärtner, Franz X.
TI  - Intrinsic amplitude-noise suppression in fiber lasers mode-locked with nonlinear amplifying loop mirrors
JO  - Optics letters
VL  - 46
IS  - 7
SN  - 0146-9592
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - Soc.
M1  - PUBDB-2021-01472
SP  - 1752 - 1755
PY  - 2021
N1  - Waiting for fulltext
AB  - In this Letter, we investigate steady states of fiber lasers mode-locked with a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror that have an inherent amplitude-noise-suppression mechanism. Due to the interaction of the sinusoidal transmission function with the fluctuating intracavity pulse amplitude, we show that under specific preconditions, this mechanism may lead to a detectable difference in relative intensity noise at the reflected and transmitted output port of the laser. We present systematic intensity noise measurements with a nonlinear fiber-based system that replicates a single roundtrip in the laser cavity. The experimental results and simulations clearly show a reduction of the intracavity amplitude fluctuations up to 4 dB for certain steady states.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - 33793535
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000636612700059
DO  - DOI:10.1364/OL.415718
UR  - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/456347
ER  -