Abstract
The creation of a high-repetition-rate train of optical pulses is desirable for optical communications as well as for investigating ultrafast processes in scientific or engineering problems. In view of this, we present numerical computations and experimental observations of self-amplitude modulation1 (SAM) in monomode optical fibers. Using a mode-locked Nd:YAG laser operating at 1.319 µm with a temporal pulse width of ~ 100 ps, we find subpulse formation whose temporal structure is very deeply modulated (~100 %) with well-separated subpulses.
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