DocumentCode
1559035
Title
Polarisation-maintaining, harmonically modelocked soliton fibre laser with repetition rate stabilisation using optical pumping of saturable Bragg reflector
Author
Roth, J.M. ; Bonadeo, N.H. ; Bergman, K. ; Knox, W.H.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., J303 Eng. Quadrangle, Princeton, NJ, USA
Volume
38
Issue
1
fYear
2002
fDate
1/3/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
16
Lastpage
17
Abstract
Well-organised harmonic modelocking with up to 12 pulses in a 1.5 μm polarisation-maintaining erbium soliton fibre laser is achieved. With eight pulses in the cavity, repetition rate timing jitter is suppressed by 7.3 dB through optical pumping above the absorber bandgap. This stabilised laser operates at 463 MHz with nearly transform-limited, 660 fs, 1 pJ pulses
Keywords
erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; mirrors; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; optical saturation; optical solitons; timing jitter; 1 pJ; 1.5 micron; 463 MHz; 660 fs; absorber bandgap; cavity; nearly transform-limited pulses; optical pumping; polarisation-maintaining erbium soliton fibre laser; polarisation-maintaining harmonically modelocked soliton fibre laser; repetition rate stabilisation; repetition rate timing jitter; saturable Bragg reflector; stabilised laser;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20020019
Filename
977531
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