DocumentCode
1186161
Title
Generation of 1.2 ps, 10 GHz pulse train from all-optically modelocked, erbium fibre ring laser with active nonlinear polarisation rotation
Author
Greer, E.J. ; Kimura, Yuichi ; Suzuki, Kenji ; Yoshida, Erika ; Nakazawa, Masataka
Author_Institution
BT Labs., Ipswich
Volume
30
Issue
21
fYear
1994
fDate
10/13/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1764
Lastpage
1765
Abstract
1.2 ps transform-limited pulses at 10 GHz have been successfully generated from an all-optical, actively modelocked ring laser. The laser is actively modelocked with a stream of optical pulses that produce a periodic phase modulation and polarisation rotation in the fibre modulator. A polariser installed in the cavity plays an important role in converting the polarisation rotation into amplitude modulation
Keywords
erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; nonlinear optics; optical modulation; optical rotation; ring lasers; 1.2 ps; 10 GHz; active nonlinear polarisation rotation; all-optically modelocking; amplitude modulation; cavity; erbium fibre ring laser; fibre modulator; optical pulses; periodic phase modulation; polariser; pulse train; transform-limited pulses;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19941215
Filename
328558
Link To Document