Round-trip time and dispersion optimization in a dual-wavelength actively mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser including nonchirped fiber Bragg gratings

Author

Deparis, O. ; Kiyan, R. ; Salik, E. ; Starodubov, D. ; Feinberg, J. ; Pottiez, O. ; Mégret, P. ; Blondel, M.

Author_Institution

ARO, Faculte Polytech. de Mons., Belgium

Volume

11

Issue

10

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1238

Lastpage

1240

Abstract

Round-trip time and intracavity dispersion were optimized in a dual-wavelength actively mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser including two nonchirped fiber Bragg gratings. This optimization allowed to generate nearly transform-limited pulses as short as 16 and 13 ps at 1547 and 1562 nm, respectively, at a 3-GHz repetition rate only limited by the modulator bandwidth. In the experiment, the round-trip time difference between pulses at two wavelengths was adjusted using a fiber stretcher. Intracavity dispersion was managed at each wavelength separately.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; telecommunication network management; wavelength division multiplexing; 13 ps; 1547 nm; 1562 nm; 16 ps; GHz repetition rate; dispersion optimization; dual-wavelength actively mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser; fiber stretcher; intracavity dispersion; intracavity dispersion management; modulator bandwidth; nonchirped fiber Bragg gratings; round-trip time; round-trip time difference; transform-limited pulses; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.789703

Filename

789703