540 fs light pulses at 1.5 /spl mu/m with variable repetition rate using a tuneable twin guide laser and soliton compression in a dispersion decreasing fiber

Author

Schell, M. ; Bimberg, D. ; Bogatyrjov, V.A. ; Dianov, E.M. ; Kurkov, A.S. ; Semenov, V.A. ; Sysoliatin, A.A.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Festkorperphys., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany

Volume

6

Issue

10

fYear

1994

Firstpage

1191

Lastpage

1193

Abstract

A novel and simple method to generate ultra short light pulses with variable repetition rate is demonstrated. A wavelength modulated tuneable twin guide laser, emitting blue-chirped light, together with pulse compression in a standard single mode fiber is used to generate light pulses of 3 ps width. Amplification and further compression in a dispersion decreasing fiber leads to Fourier transform limited pulses of 1.87 ps width or to 540 fs pulses with a small pedestal.<>

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical dispersion; optical modulation; optical waveguides; semiconductor lasers; 1.87 ps; 3 ps; 540 fs; Fourier transform limited pulses; blue-chirped light; dispersion decreasing fiber; light pulses; pulse compression; small pedestal; soliton compression; standard single mode fiber; tuneable twin guide laser; ultra short light pulses; variable repetition rate; wavelength modulated tuneable twin guide laser; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse width modulation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.329635

Filename

329635