Title :
40 GHz actively modelocked polarisation maintaining erbium fibre ring laser
Author :
Bakhshi, B. ; Andrekson, P.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
fDate :
3/2/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The first polarisation-maintaining actively modelocked erbium fibre ring laser (ML-EFRL) operating at a base rate of 40 GHz is presented. The laser generates highly stable and virtually transform-limited 1.2-1.9 ps pulses tunable over 40 nm with a timing jitter of <0.1 ps. These represent the shortest pulses and lowest timing jitter generated by a 40 GHz ML-EFRL
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical pulse generation; optical transmitters; ring lasers; timing jitter; 0.1 ps; 1.2 to 1.9 ps; 40 GHz; Er fibre ring laser; actively modelocked polarisation maintaining Er fibre ring laser; base rate; fibre ring laser; highly stable pulses; polarisation-maintaining actively modelocked lasers; pulse generation; timing jitter; tunable laser; virtually transform-limited pulses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000354
