Abstract

We present the generation of 41 noise-like pulse (NLP) envelopes with complex shapes using a passively mode-locked, erbium-doped figure-eight fiber laser (EDFEFL). The tuning of each of the complex forms was carried out by varying the polarization state within the laser cavity, using a quarter-wave retarder (QWR2) inside a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM), which is part of the EDFEFL. The position of the retarder plate was identified and recorded for each of the complex shapes. The temporal and spectral characterization was done using the position of the WQR2 wave plate as an independent variable. We present a single-shot analysis of the dynamics for the temporal amplitude, the full width at half-maximum (FWHM), and the root-mean-square (RMS) width for each of the 360 cycles measured for the 41 complex envelopes. We also perform an analysis for the case in which the pulse is completely divided into subpackets. We analyze the corresponding spectral profile for each of the complex forms generated. Finally, we evaluate the performance of the NOLM theoretical model with our experimental results. The wavelength of the NLPs is 1560 nm; the period of the cavity fiber laser is 1.1 ms; and the temporal FWHM is within the range of nanoseconds.

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