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Collective coordinate approach for the dynamics of light pulses in fiber ring lasers

E. FelenouPhilippe GreluC. B. L. MbackM. AlsalehPatrice Tchofo Dinda

subject

PhysicsComputer simulationDynamics (mechanics)Laserlaw.inventionsymbols.namesakeComplex dynamicsClassical mechanicsMode-lockinglawQuantum mechanicsFiber lasersymbolsNonlinear Schrödinger equationBandwidth-limited pulse

description

We present an efficient variational approach for fiber lasers in which light pulses may execute complex dynamics, and we establish its validity by comparison with the numerical approach based on the generalized nonlinear Schroedinger equation.

https://doi.org/10.1364/np.2014.nth2a.5