Title :
Millimetre-wave repetition-rate optical pulse train generation in harmonically modelocked fibre ring laser
Author :
Gupta, K.K. ; Novak, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia
fDate :
7/17/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The generation of optical pulse trains at millimetre-wave repetition frequencies is demonstrated, using pulse repetition frequency quadrupling in an active harmonically modelocked erbium-doped fibre ring laser. A 32 GHz pulse train was generated using an RF drive frequency of 8 GHz with a measured pulsewidth of <9 ps and a total jitter of <0.2 ps
Keywords :
fibre lasers; jitter; laser mode locking; optical fibre networks; ring lasers; time division multiplexing; 32 GHz; 8 GHz; RF drive frequency; active harmonically modelocked laser; harmonically modelocked fibre ring laser; millimetre-wave repetition frequencies; optical TDM networks; optical pulse train generation; pulse repetition frequency quadrupling; total jitter;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970870
