| Abstract: | Passive mode-locking in fiber lasers is investigated by numerical and experimental means. A non-distributed scalar model solving
the nonlinear Schr?dinger equation is implemented to study the starting behavior and intra-cavity dynamics numerically. Several
operation regimes at positive net-cavity dispersion are experimentally accessed and studied in different environmentally stable,
linear laser configurations. In particular, pulse formation and evolution in the chirped-pulse regime at highly positive cavity
dispersion is discussed. Based on the experimental results a route to highly energetic pulse solutions is shown in numerical
simulations. |
