• DocumentCode
    2302197
  • Title

    Modulational instability laser in highly nonlinear fiber yielding continuous-wave 260-GHz pulse train

  • Author

    de Matos, C.J.S. ; Chestnut, D.A. ; Taylor, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Femtosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll. of Sci., London, UK
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    17-22 Mar 2002
  • Firstpage
    317
  • Lastpage
    318
  • Abstract
    A modulational instability laser based on highly nonlinear dispersion shifted fibre (HNL-DSF) and an intra-cavity EDFA has been presented that yields a 260-GHz train of 370-fs soliton pulses. It has been shown that the pulses exist in the average soliton regime. This device could be used in high-speed logic gates and optical sources in the next generation of optical telecommunication systems.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; laser stability; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical logic; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; 370 fs; average soliton regime; fs soliton pulses; high-speed logic gates; highly nonlinear dispersion shifted fibre; intra-cavity EDFA; modulational instability fibre laser; next generation; optical pulse generation; optical telecommunication systems; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-701-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2002.1036386
  • Filename
    1036386