Title :
All-fibre, diode-pumped recirculating-ring delay line
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Sci., Southampton Univ.
fDate :
5/12/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A Nd3+-doped optical fibre is used as an amplifier in a 35 m fibre recirculating delay line to overcome the round-trip losses experienced by injected pulses. Dichroic fused tapered couplers are used to couple light from a semiconductor source into the ring, to pump the amplifier. Injected pulses have been maintained for more than 300 round trips
Keywords :
delay lines; fibre optics; optical couplers; optical pumping; solid lasers; 35 m; SiO2:Nd3+ optical fibre; amplifier; dichroic fused tapered couplers; diode-pumped recirculating-ring delay line; injected pulses; round-trip losses; semiconductor source;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
