10 x 30 GHz pulse train generation from semiconductor amplifier fiber ring laser

Author

Vlachos, K. ; Zoiros, K. ; Houbavlis, T. ; Avramopoulos, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

Volume

12

Issue

1

fYear

2000

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

27

Abstract

A multiwavelength, fiber ring laser source, is demonstrated. It generates 10 wavelength channels, simultaneously mode-locked and synchronized at 30 GHz, each producing 7-ps pulses. The mode-locking technique relies on the gain saturation of the semiconductor amplifier from an external optical pulse train to impose the simultaneous mode-locking of the 10 wavelengths.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot interferometers; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical saturation; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; synchronisation; 10/spl times/30 GHz pulse train generation; 30 GHz; 7 ps; EDFA; Fabry-Perot etalon; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP-InP ridge waveguide SOA; external optical pulse train; gain saturation; mode-locking technique; multiwavelength fiber ring laser source; rational harmonic mode-locking; semiconductor amplifier; semiconductor amplifier fiber ring laser; simultaneous mode-locking; synchronization; synchronized wavelength channels; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.817457

Filename

817457