Title :
Broad-band high-repetition-rate source for spectrally sliced WDM
Author :
Mikulla, B. ; Leng, L. ; Sears, S. ; Collings, B.C. ; Arend, M. ; Bergman, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
fDate :
4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A uniform 35-nm-wide spectrum is generated by broadening the output from a 2.5-GHz mode-locked femtosecond fiber laser in dispersion shifted fiber. The obtained spectrum is suitable for spectral slicing and wavelength-division-multiplexed applications. The spectral broadening in dispersion shifted fiber is optimized as a function of the launched pulse chirp parameter.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; spectral line broadening; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 GHz; GHz mode-locked femtosecond fiber laser; broad-band high-repetition-rate source; dispersion shifted fiber; launched pulse chirp parameter; spectral broadening; spectral slicing; spectrally sliced WDM; wavelength-division-multiplexed applications; Chirp; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Scanning probe microscopy; Ultrafast optics; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
