Title :
Pulse chirp control in an actively mode-locked fiber laser using a dual-drive variable-chirp modulator
Author :
Bakshi, B. ; Andrekson, P.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron. ED, Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate that the chirp imposed on the pulses from an actively mode-locked erbium fiber ring laser can be controlled by using a dual-drive variable-chirp modulator as mode locker.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; erbium; fiber lasers; laser beams; laser mode locking; optical control; optical modulation; ring lasers; Er fiber ring laser; actively mode-locked fiber laser; actively mode-locked laser; chirp; dual-drive variable-chirp modulator; laser chirp; mode locker; pulse chirp control; Chirp modulation; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical control; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse modulation; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868555
