Title :
Optical modelocking at 10 GHz using a highly nonlinear germanosilicate optical fibre
Author :
Williams, D.L. ; Holmes, M.J. ; Devaney, J. ; Manning, R.J. ; Lucek, J. ; Smith, K. ; Ainslie, B.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
fDate :
7/20/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors report the optical modelocking of an erbium fibre ring laser at 10 GHz using only 20 m of a highly nonlinear germania-doped silica fibre that has been developed for use in all-optical processing applications
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; germanium compounds; laser mode locking; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; ring lasers; silicon compounds; 10 GHz; 20 m; Er3+-doped fibre; SiO2:GeO2; all-optical processing applications; fibre ring laser; nonlinear germanosilicate optical fibre; optical modelocking;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950877
