Picosecond pulse-generating laser with repetition rate of 10 GHz and rms timing jitter <100 fs fully tunable over C-band

Author

Spuhler, G. ; Krainer, L. ; Kilburn, I. ; Dymott, M. ; Weingarten, K. ; Paschotta, R. ; Keller, U.

Author_Institution

GigaTera Inc., Dietikon, Switzerland

fYear

2003

fDate

23-28 March 2003

Firstpage

234

Abstract

We demonstrate wavelength tuning over the whole C-band of a compact, passively fundamental-mode-locked, Er:Yb:glass laser producing high-contrast-ratio picosecond pulses at a repetition rate of 10 GHz and average power exceeding 10 mW.

Keywords

erbium; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser tuning; optical pulse generation; optical wavelength conversion; timing jitter; wavelength division multiplexing; ytterbium; 10 GHz; 10 mW; 100 fs; C-band; Er:Yb:glass laser; high-contrast-ratio; mode-locked; picosecond pulse-generating laser; repetition rate; timing jitter; wavelength tuning; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Masers; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Power lasers; Timing jitter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003

Print_ISBN

1-55752-746-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2003.1247623

Filename

1247623

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2318555