Title :
10GHz waveguide interleaved femtosecond pulse train
Author :
Sander, Michelle Y. ; Byun, Hyunil ; Dahlem, Marcus S. ; Chao, David ; Motamedi, Ali R. ; Petrich, Gale ; Kolodziejski, Leslie ; Frolov, Sergey ; Hao, Hong ; Shmulovich, Joseph ; Ippen, Erich P. ; Kärtner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 10GHz fs-pulse train by external repetition rate multiplication in four phase-tunable Mach-Zehnder interleavers implemented in planar waveguide technology. A minimum RF suppression ratio of -27dB can be achieved with thermal tuning.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; optical planar waveguides; optical tuning; external repetition rate multiplication; four phase-tunable Mach-Zehnder interleavers; frequency 10 GHz; fs-pulse train; interleaved femtosecond pulse train; planar waveguide; thermal tuning; Couplings; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Radio frequency; Tuning; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
