Title :
High-quality laser diode pulse compression in dispersion-imbalanced loop mirror
Author :
Khrushchev, I.Y. ; White, Ian H. ; Penty, Richard V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bristol Univ.
fDate :
5/14/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
High-quality femtosecond pulse generation from a 1.5 μm gain-switched DFB Laser diode in a compact nonlinear compressor based on a dispersion-imbalanced fibre loop mirror is reported. An overall compression ratio of 80 is achieved, resulting in generation of near-transform-limited pulses with negligible tails and a duration of 270 fs
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; high-speed optical techniques; mirrors; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical pulse compression; semiconductor lasers; 1.5 micron; 270 fs; compact nonlinear compressor; directly-modulated laser; dispersion-imbalanced loop mirror; femtosecond pulse generation; fibre loop mirror; gain-switched DFB LD; high-quality LD pulse compression; laser diode pulses; near-transform-limited pulses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980668
