Title :
Mode-locked multiple-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser in a sigma configuration
Author :
Lou, J.W. ; Carruthers, T.F. ; Currie, M.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Sci. Div., Naval Res. Lab., Largo, MD, USA
fDate :
3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We demonstrate a multiple-wavelength erbium-doped fiber sigma laser, actively mode-locked at a repetition rate of 960 MHz. Time-bandwidth products of 0.3 and 0.31 are obtained for pulses at 1538 and 1541.5 mn, respectively. Wavelength separation is tunable from 3.5 to 24 mn. Amplitude fluctuations less than 0.5 % and high-frequency timing jitter less than 68 fs (1 kHz to 1 MHz) are measured.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; timing jitter; 1538 nm; 1541.5 nm; active mode-locking; amplitude fluctuations; high-frequency timing jitter; mode-locked multiple-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser; repetition rate; sigma configuration; time-bandwidth products; tunable wavelength separation; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Masers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Pump lasers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
