Title :
Rational Harmonic Mode-Locking of a Fiber Optical Parametric Oscillator at 30 GHz
Author :
Li, Jia ; Huang, Tianye ; Chen, Lawrence R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
fDate :
6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We demonstrate rational harmonic mode-locking of a fiber optical parametric oscillator (FOPO) in which the parametric gain serves as an all-optical mode-locker. A pulse train with a repetition rate from 10 to 30 GHz is generated using a 10-GHz optical clock signal. The generated pulses have a pulsewidth of ~ 9 ps, a root-mean-square (RMS) timing jitter of ~ 300 fs, and a wavelength tunable to more than 20 nm.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; timing jitter; all-optical mode locker; fiber optical parametric oscillator; frequency 10 GHz to 30 GHz; optical clock; parametric gain; pulse train; rational harmonic mode locking; timing jitter; tunable wavelength; Cavity resonators; Frequency modulation; Harmonic analysis; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Resonant frequency; Timing jitter; Fiber lasers; Kerr effect; fiber nonlinear optics; mode-locked lasers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2150744
