Title :
Short pulse generation with 40 GHz passively-mode locked Q-dashed Fabry-Pérot laser
Author :
Latkowski, Sylwester ; Maldonado-Basilio, Ramón ; Landais, Pascal
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. for Networks & Commun. Eng. (RINCE), Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland
fDate :
June 28 2009-July 2 2009
Abstract :
Generation of sub-picosecond pulses by a DC-biased passively mode-locked Fabry-Perot laser is demonstrated. By using a tunable band-pass filter, it is observed that the width of the generated pulses decreases in direct proportion to the optical modes emitted by the laser. Furthermore, performing a passive compression by a piece of single mode fiber, we demonstrate the generation of 720 fs pulses by this type of mode-locked Fabry-Perot laser.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical fibres; optical filters; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; quantum dash lasers; DC-biased Fabry-Perot laser; Q-dashed Fabry-Perot laser; frequency 40 GHz; optical modes; passive pulse compression; passively-mode locked laser; quantum-dash semiconductor laser; short pulse generation; single mode fiber; sub-picosecond pulse generation; time 720 fs; tunable band-pass filter; Band pass filters; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Pulse generation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission; Tunable circuits and devices; mode-locked lasers; quantum-dash semiconductor lasers; sub-picosecond pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Azores
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4825-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4827-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185252
