Locked multichannel generation and management by use of a Fabry-Perot etalon in a mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser cavity

Author

Liu, Tzu-Ming ; Chang, Hsu-Hao ; Chu, Shi-Wei ; Sun, Chi-Kuang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

38

Issue

5

fYear

2002

fDate

5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

458

Lastpage

463

Abstract

We demonstrate a method to manage the locked multichannel output from a mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser cavity, which was achieved by inserting a Fabry-Perot etalon into the oscillator. It is found that the thickness of the etalon determines the channel spacing and its surface reflectivity affects channel linewidth and channel pulsewidth. Following Fabry-Perot theory, we can use these tracts to control the characteristics of these locked multichannels

Keywords

Fabry-Perot interferometers; chromium; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; magnesium compounds; optical communication equipment; reflectivity; solid lasers; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network management; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; Fabry-Perot etalon; Fabry-Perot theory; Mg₂SiO₄:Cr; channel linewidth; channel pulsewidth; channel spacing; locked multichannel generation; locked multichannels; mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser cavity; multichannel output; reflectivity; Fabry-Perot; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Power generation; Power lasers; Solid lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.998617

Filename

998617