• DocumentCode
    1411763
  • Title

    Dual wavelength modelocked fiber laser

  • Author

    Town, G.E. ; Chen, L. ; Smith, P.W.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. Eng., Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1459
  • Lastpage
    1461
  • Abstract
    A dual wavelength actively modelocked erbium-doped fiber laser was constructed which generated pulses approximately 50 ps long with repetition rate 2.6 GHz at both 1544.1 nm and 1545.7 nm. The laser cavity incorporated a pair of dispersive gratings to produce temporal-spectral multiplexing of the pulses in the gain medium, which was observed to reduce cross-saturation effects.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; erbium; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; multiplexing; optical pulse generation; optical saturation; 1544.1 nm; 1545.7 nm; 2.6 GHz; Er-doped fiber laser; actively modelocked fiber laser; cross-saturation effects; dispersive gratings; dual wavelength modelocked fiber laser; gain medium; laser cavity; pulse generation; repetition rate; temporal-spectral multiplexing; Chirp; Cities and towns; Dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Laser modes; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.887663
  • Filename
    887663