Title :
Mode-locked eXtreme Chirped Pulse Oscillator (XCPO) Operation in the eXtreme Chirped Pulse Regime
Author :
Lee, Shinwook ; Mandridis, Dimitrios ; Delfyett, Peter J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando
Abstract :
We demonstrate an XCPO with 10 ns stretched pulse duration. Because the pulse duration is longer than the carrier life time of SOA, the pulse energy is linearly proportional to the stretch ratio.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser mode locking; oscillators; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; XCPO; carrier life time; extreme chirped pulse oscillator; extreme chirped pulse regime; laser mode locking; pulse energy; Bragg gratings; Chirp modulation; Fiber gratings; Intensity modulation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ultraviolet sources;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382637
