DocumentCode
1147479
Title
Actively modelocked, quadruple-wavelength fibre laser with pump-controlled wavelength switching
Author
Pudo, D. ; Chen, L.R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Volume
39
Issue
3
fYear
2003
fDate
2/6/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
272
Lastpage
274
Abstract
An actively modelocked quadruple-wavelength erbium-doped fibre laser with two wavelengths in each of the C- and L-bands (with wavelength spacings of 3.5 nm and 0.4 nm, respectively) is reported. The pulse durations are 50-55 ps with corresponding time-bandwidth products of 0.48-0.63. By simple adjustment of the pump power, the laser can be switched to emit at any combination of the 4 wavelengths, without changing the repetition rate of the output pulses.
Keywords
erbium; laser mode locking; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; 50 to 55 ps; C-band; L-band; active mode-locking; pulse duration; pump-controlled wavelength switching; quadruple-wavelength erbium-doped fibre laser; repetition rate; time-bandwidth product;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20030230
Filename
1179445
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