Title :
Femtosecond pulses with 1.1 GHz repetition rate generated from a CW laser without mode-locking
Author :
Dai, Yitang ; Xu, Chris
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
471-fs pulses are generated by injecting a 33-ps pulse train, obtained from pulse carving a 1.55-mum CW DFB laser, into a time-lens loop. High repetition rate of 1.1 GHz is demonstrated.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; CW DFB laser; CW distributed feedback laser; femtosecond pulse generation; pulse train injection; time 33 ps; time 471 fs; time-lens loop; wavelength 1.55 mum; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; (060.2380) Fiber optics sources; (320.5520) Pulse compression; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
