Title :
Subpicosecond As2S3 fiber ring laser
Author :
North, Thibault ; Rochette, Martin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate the operation of a fiber ring laser using a short segment of chalcogenide fiber. The laser is passively mode-locked via nonlinear polarization rotation and provides two different operation regimes of subpicosecond transform-limited pulses.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; As2S3; chalcogenide fiber; nonlinear polarization rotation; passively mode-locking; subpicosecond fiber ring laser; Cavity resonators; Dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Ring lasers; chalcogenide; nonlinear polarization rotation; passive mode-locking;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110610
