Title :
Programmably repetition tunable low pedestal femtosecond pulse train generation using comb-like profiled fiber
Author :
Igarashi, K. ; Tobioka, H. ; Oguri, A. ; Akutsu, T. ; Namiki, S. ; Sakano, M. ; Kawahara, R. ; Okamura, K. ; Aoyagi, Y. ; Kagi, N.
Author_Institution :
Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated programmably repetition tunability from 5 MHz to 500 MHz on low pedestal 300 fs pulse train generation through the compression of gain-switched laser diode pulse by comb-like profiled fiber with normal-dispersion Er doped fiber.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser tuning; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; 300 fs; comb-like profiled fiber; femtosecond pulse train generation; gain-switched laser diode; normal-dispersion Er doped fiber; programmable repetition tunability; pulse compression; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser tuning; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202052
