Title :
Generation of ultra-high repetition rate pulses in a highly nonlinear dispersion-tailored compound glass fibre
Author :
Camerlingo, Angela ; Parmigiani, Francesca ; Slavic, Radan ; Feng, Xian ; Poletti, Francesco ; Horak, Peter ; Loh, Wei H. ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
The generation of ultrastable optical pulses beyond 160GHz is demonstrated based on two injection-locked CW lasers through nonlinear temporal compression in a high SBS-threshold highly nonlinear dispersion tailored compound glass W-type fibre.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser stability; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; W-type fibre; highly nonlinear dispersion tailored compound glass fibre; injection locked continuous wave laser; nonlinear temporal compression; stimulated Brillouin scattering; ultrahigh repetition rate pulse generation; ultrastable optical pulse; Dispersion; Fiber lasers; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3730-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3731-3
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553617
