Title :
Generation of tunable, dual-wavelength picosecond pulses from a mode-locked semiconductor fiber ring laser
Author :
Chen, Lawrence R. ; Bélang, Nicolas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate the generation of dual-wavelength picosecond pulses from a mode-locked semiconductor fiber ring laser incorporating a high-birefringence Sagnac loop. The lasing wavelengths can be simultaneously tuned by changing the modulation frequency.
Keywords :
Sagnac interferometers; birefringence; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical pulse generation; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; high-birefringence Sagnac loop; mode-locked semiconductor fiber ring laser; modulation frequency; tunable dual-wavelength picosecond pulse generation; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Ring lasers; Sagnac interferometers; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363546
