Higher order chirp compensation of femtosecond mode-locked semiconductor lasers using optical fibers with different group-velocity dispersions

Author

Arahira, Shin ; Kutsuzawa, Satoko ; Matsui, Yasuhiro ; Ogawa, Yoh

Author_Institution

Semicond. Technol. Lab., Oki Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

2

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

480

Lastpage

486

Abstract

Higher order chirp compensation of optical short pulses by using two types of optical fibers with different group-velocity dispersions was theoretically and experimentally investigated in detail. By optimizing the lengths of two types of optical fibers, both second- and third-order dispersion of chirped optical pulses were found to be simultaneously compensated. Pulse-compression experiments with chirped optical pulses from a mode-locked laser diode demonstrated using this technique attained nearly transform-limited, 500-fs pulse generation

Keywords

chirp modulation; compensation; electro-optical modulation; laser mode locking; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; 500 fs; chirped optical pulses; femtosecond mode-locked semiconductor lasers; group-velocity dispersions; higher order chirp compensation; mode-locked laser diode; nearly transform-limited fs pulse generation; optical fibers; optical short pulses; pulse-compression experiments; second-order dispersion; third-order dispersion; Chirp; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2944.571747

Filename

571747