• DocumentCode
    733001
  • Title

    Stable broadband all-optical pulse generation with 1 Hz phase noise

  • Author

    Fangxin Li ; Helmy, Amr S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Feedback-free, RF-free, long-term stable, all optical, short pulse generation utilizing gain-induced FWM is demonstrated. The approach utilizes passive mode-locked (10 MHz) laser injection locking DFBs to provide pulses with a phase noise of 1 Hz.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser noise; optical pulse generation; phase noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers; frequency 1 Hz; frequency 10 MHz; gain-induced FWM; passive mode-locked laser injection locking DFB; phase noise; stable broadband all-optical pulse generation; Injection-locked oscillators; Microwave photonics; Noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Pulse generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183438