• DocumentCode
    356440
  • Title

    40 GHz mode-locked SOA fiber ring laser with 20 nm tuning range

  • Author

    Zoiros, K. ; Vlachos, K. ; Stathopoulos, T. ; Bintjas, C. ; Avramopoulos, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7-10 March 2000
  • Firstpage
    254
  • Abstract
    A 2.5 ps pulse width, 40 GHz repetition rate, 20 nm tuning range, mode-locked fiber ring laser is presented. The source mode-locks through gain saturation of its SOA from an external 5 GHz DFB diode.
  • Keywords
    Distributed feedback lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Optical fibers; Ridge waveguides; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Waveguide lasers; 2.5 ps; GHz DFB diode; GHz mode-locked SOA fiber ring laser; GHz repetition rate; InGaAsP-InP; gain saturation; mode-locked fiber ring laser; mode-locks; nm tuning range; ps pulse width; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-630-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2000.868432
  • Filename
    868432