Title :
Generation of 10 GHz transform-limited pulse train from fibre ring laser using Fabry-Perot semiconductor as modulator
Author :
Zhao, Donghui ; Li, Ka Lun ; Chan, Kam Tai ; Liu, Hai-Feng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
fDate :
9/28/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A train of nearly transform-limited picosecond pulse trains at ~10 GHz is generated from a fibre ring laser with a Fabry-Perot semiconductor laser as a modulator. This simple configuration can generate pulses of much better quality than those obtained by direct gain-switching of the same laser diode
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; Q-switching; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; 10 GHz; Fabry-Perot semiconductor; Fabry-Perot semiconductor laser; direct gain-switching; fibre ring laser; laser diode; modulator; nearly transform-limited picosecond pulse trains; pulse generation; simple configuration; transform-limited pulse train; transform-limited pulse train generation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20001198
