Title :
Passively mode-locked erbium-doped fibre laser with nonlinear fibre mirror
Author :
Frisken, S.J. ; Telford, C.A. ; Betts, R.A. ; Atherton, P.S.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Section, OTC Ltd., Sydney, NSW, Australia
fDate :
5/9/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A nonlinear fibre mirror, using a semiconductor laser amplifier and an erbium-doped fibre amplifier, is used as both the gain medium and saturable absorber in a passively mode locked fibre ring laser. Pulses of less than 100 ps duration were generated at repetition rates of up to 2 GHz.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser accessories; laser mode locking; mirrors; optical saturable absorption; ring lasers; Er 3+-doped fibre laser; gain medium; nonlinear fibre mirror; passively mode locked fibre ring laser; saturable absorber; semiconductor laser amplifier;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19910556
