Multimode Mamyshev oscillator

Abstract

We present a spatiotemporally mode-locked Mamyshev oscillator. A wide variety of multimode mode-locked states, with varying degrees of spatiotemporal coupling, are observed. We find that some control of the modal content of the output beam is possible through the cavity design. Comparison of simulations with experiments indicates that spatiotemporal mode locking (STML) is enabled by nonlinear intermodal interactions and spatial filtering, along with the Mamyshev mechanism. This work represents a first, to the best of our knowledge, exploration of STML in an oscillator with a Mamyshev saturable absorber.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Dec 17, 2021
Source ID
10.1364/ol.447208

Entities

People

  • Anirban Dhar
  • Demetrios N. Christodoulides
  • Frank W Wise
  • Henry Haig
  • Nilotpal Choudhury
  • Pavel Sidorenko
  • Ranjan Sen

Organizations

  • Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research
  • Cornell University
  • Ministry of Defense
  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research
  • Simons Foundation
  • University of Central Florida

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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