Title :
10-GHz 0.5-ps Pulse Generation in 1000-nm Band in PCF for High-Speed Optical Communication
Author :
Kurokawa, Kenji ; Tajima, Katsusuke ; Nakajima, Kazuhide
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Syst. Labs., Ibaraki
Abstract :
We achieved the first 10-GHz subpicosecond pulses in the 1000-nm band by employing the higher order soliton effect in a 190-m photonic crystal fiber (PCF). We obtained 0.5-ps pulses at 1063 nm by compressing 11-ps pulses from a harmonically mode-locked Yb fiber laser with a 10-GHz repetition rate, which was stabilized with phase-locked-loop technology. This light source is attractive in terms of realizing a hundreds-of-gigabits-per-second optical-time-division-multiplexing transmission over a low-loss PCF in the 1000-nm band
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; photonic crystals; time division multiplexing; ytterbium; 0.5 ps; 10 GHz; 1000 nm; 1063 nm; 11 ps; 190 m; Yb fiber laser; harmonic mode-locking; high order soliton effect; high-speed optical communication; light source; low-loss fiber; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical-time-division-multiplexing transmission; phase-locked-loop technology; photonic crystal fiber; subpicosecond pulses; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulses; Phase locked loops; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Solitons; Holey fiber; optical solitons; photonic crystal fiber (PCF); pulse compression;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2006.888926
