Concurrent Passive Mode-Locked and Self-Q-Switched Operation in Laser Systems

Phys Rev Lett. 2021 Jun 4;126(22):224101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.224101.

Abstract

Concurrent passive mode-locked and self-Q-switched operation of laser devices is modeled using the complex cubic-quintic Ginzburg-Landau equation. Experimental observations use a passively mode-locked fiber ring laser with a waveguide array as a fast saturable absorber. The shape of each individual self-Q-switched pulse and the periodic trains of pairs of such pulses are in a good qualitative agreement with the numerical results.