DocumentCode
1032799
Title
Self-starting sliding-frequency fibre soliton laser
Author
Fontana, Flavio ; Franco, Paulo ; Midrio, Michele ; Romagnoli, M. ; Wabnitz, S.
Author_Institution
Pirelli Cavi SpA, Milan
Volume
30
Issue
4
fYear
1994
fDate
2/17/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
321
Lastpage
322
Abstract
The authors demonstrate self-starting soliton generation by inserting a travelling wave acousto-optic modulator and a bandpass filter in a diode-pumped erbium doped fibre ring laser. The continuous frequency sliding of the circulating light inhibits CW oscillation, and favours the emission of solitons that are stably trapped by the filter
Keywords
acousto-optical devices; erbium; fibre lasers; optical modulation; optical pumping; optical solitons; Er doped fibre ring laser; bandpass filter; diode-pumped laser; fibre soliton laser; sliding-frequency; soliton generation; travelling wave acousto-optic modulator;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19940198
Filename
267307
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