Title :
Transmission of near-transform-limited optical pulses generated using an all-optical gate over more than 2400 km in a recirculating fiber loop
Author :
Betts, R.A. ; Lear, J.W. ; Dang, N.T. ; Shaw, R.D. ; Atherton, P.S.
Author_Institution :
OTC Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Near-transform-limited optical pulses generated using an all-optical gate based on an optical fiber Sagnac loop (a Sagnac loop gate or SLG) have been transmitted round a recirculating fiber loop over distances exceeding 2400 km. After this distance, the pulses have the form of a fundamental soliton superposed on a CW background.<>
Keywords :
fibre lasers; optical fibres; optical links; optical solitons; 2400 km; CW background; EDFA; Er doped fibre amplifier; all-optical gate; fundamental soliton; near-transform-limited optical pulses; optical fiber Sagnac loop; recirculating fiber loop; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Sagnac interferometers; Semiconductor lasers; Solitons;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
