Passively mode-locked fiber laser using a Er-Yb co-doped planar waveguide amplifier

Author

Jones, D.J. ; Namiki, S. ; Ippen, E.P. ; Haus, H.A. ; Barbier, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

371

Lastpage

372

Abstract

Summary form only given. Work pursued by several groups has lead to the development of erbium-doped planar waveguide amplifiers, which have been demonstrated as a viable alternative for erbium-doped fiber in long-haul telecommunication applications. With a typical length of 4.5 cm these integrated optical amplifiers are able to deliver 10 dB of gain at 1.53 /spl mu/m with 980-nm pump powers of 130 mW. In this paper we believe we present the design and operation of the first passively mode-locked fiber laser that incorporates an Er-Yb co-doped silica planar waveguide amplifier into the cavity.

Keywords

erbium; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical planar waveguides; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1.55 mum; 10 dB; 4.5 cm; 980 nm; Er-Yb co-doped planar waveguide amplifier; Er-Yb co-doped silica planar waveguide amplifier; erbium-doped planar waveguide amplifiers; integrated optical amplifiers; laser cavity resonators; long-haul telecommunication applications; nm pump powers; passively mode-locked fiber laser; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Integrated optics; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical planar waveguides; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657481

Filename

657481