Actively mode-locked 1.5-μm 10-GHz picosecond fiber laser using a monolithic semiconductor optical amplifier/electroabsorption modulator

Author

Roth, J.M. ; Dreyer, K. ; Collings, B.C. ; Knox, W.H. ; Bergman, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

Volume

14

Issue

7

fYear

2002

fDate

7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

917

Lastpage

919

Abstract

We demonstrate a novel 10-GHz actively modelocked polarization-maintaining fiber ring laser that utilizes a single device for gain, loss modulation, optical isolation, and repetition rate adjustment. This monolithic device incorporates a semiconductor optical amplifier with an electroabsorption modulator and provides net gain of 2.1 dB. The repetition rate of the 1.5-μm picosecond pulsetrains can be tuned by 2 ppm through perturbation of the electroabsorption modulator reverse bias.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; fibre lasers; integrated optoelectronics; laser mode locking; optical fibre polarisation; optical losses; optical pulse generation; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1.5 micron; 2.1 dB; actively mode-locked picosecond fiber laser; actively modelocked polarization-maintaining fiber ring laser; electroabsorption modulator; electroabsorption modulator reverse bias perturbation; loss modulation; monolithic device; monolithic semiconductor optical amplifier/electroabsorption modulator; net gain; optical isolation; picosecond pulse trains; repetition rate; repetition rate adjustment; semiconductor optical amplifier; single device; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Pulse modulation; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2002.1012384

Filename

1012384