Title :
Optimization of filtering in soliton fiber lasers
Author :
Tamura, K. ; Ippen, E.P. ; Haus, H.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Experiments with varying filter bandwidth in a soliton fiber laser are reported. Continuous tuning over 50 nm was obtained for pulses of <400 fs duration. It is demonstrated that the spectral sidebands due to periodic perturbations may be reduced to at least 17 db below the peak of the pulse spectrum without affecting pulse duration.<>
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; optical filters; optical solitons; 400 fs; continuous tuning; filter bandwidth; filtering optimization; periodic perturbations; pulse duration; pulse spectrum; soliton fiber lasers; spectral sidebands; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Fiber lasers; Filtering; Frequency response; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Solitons;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
