Tunable mode-locked semiconductor fiber laser using a nonlinear optical loop mirror

Author

Hernandez-Cordero, Juan ; Chen, Lawrence R. ; Rochette, Martin

Author_Institution

Inst. de Investig. en Mater., UNAM, Mexico City

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Tunable and multi-wavelength mode-locked operation of a fiber laser is demonstrated. A loop mirror with highly nonlinear fiber is used as an all-optical modulator; tuning is achieved through dispersive gratings and a tunable optical delay.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; laser tuning; nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical modulator; chirped fiber Bragg grating; dispersion-flattened nonlinear fiber; dispersive gratings; inhomogeneous gain broadening; nonlinear optical loop mirror; semiconductor optical amplifier; tunable mode-locked semiconductor fiber laser; tunable optical delay; Dispersion; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical modulation; Optical tuning; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572489