Title :
87-nm bandwidth noise-like pulse generation from erbium-doped fiber laser
Author :
Yasunaka, K. ; Takushima, Yuichi ; Ozeki, Yasuyuki ; Kikuchi, Kazuro
Author_Institution :
Res. Centre for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We operate a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser in noise-like mode and generate the pulse train with a bandwidth much wider than the gain bandwidth. Super-continuum generation from the noise-like pulse is also demonstrated successfully.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical pulse generation; bandwidth noise-like pulse generation; erbium-doped fiber laser; passive mode-locking; super-continuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
