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.

© 1992 Optical Society of America

Role of pump-induced dispersion on femtosecond soliton amplification in erbium-doped fibers

M. Romagnoli, F. S. Locati, F. Matera, M. Settembre, M. Tamburrini, and S. Wabnitz
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Nonlinear nonreciprocity of soliton amplification with erbium-doped fibers

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