DocumentCode
3129625
Title
Wavelength and repetition rate tunable mode-locked laser at up to 640 GHz using reconfigurable wavelength selective switch
Author
Schröder, Jochen ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution
Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
fYear
2009
fDate
13-17 July 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate the first wavelength and repetition rate tunable mode-locked fiber laser at ultra-high repetition rates of up to 640 GHz. The mode-locking is based on dissipative four-wave mixing with a reconfigurable wavelength selective optical switch as the spectral filter.
Keywords
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; dissipative four-wave mixing; optical switch; reconfigurable wavelength selective switch; tunable mode-locked laser; Autocorrelation; Band pass filters; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fabry-Perot; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Tunable circuits and devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-4103-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OECC.2009.5219761
Filename
5219761
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