Title :
Stabilizing a 10 GHz 0.8 ps asynchronously mode-locked Er-fiber soliton laser by deviation-frequency locking
Author :
Hsiang, Wei-Wei ; Lin, Chien-Yu ; Sooi, Ng Kam ; Lai, Yinchieh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu
Abstract :
Without using high speed RF feedback electronics, long-term stabilization of a 10 GHz 0.8 ps mode-locked Er-fiber soliton laser with asynchronous phase modulation is demonstrated by controlling the cavity length to lock the deviation frequency at 25 kHz
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; phase modulation; 0.8 ps; 10 GHz; 25 kHz; Er-fiber laser; asynchronous mode-locking; asynchronous phase modulation; deviation-frequency locking; laser cavity; laser stabilization; long-term stabilization; soliton laser; ultrashort laser pulse source; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse modulation; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215696
