Title :
Polarisation-maintaining, harmonically modelocked soliton fibre laser with repetition rate stabilisation using optical pumping of saturable Bragg reflector
Author :
Roth, J.M. ; Bonadeo, N.H. ; Bergman, K. ; Knox, W.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., J303 Eng. Quadrangle, Princeton, NJ, USA
fDate :
1/3/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Well-organised harmonic modelocking with up to 12 pulses in a 1.5 μm polarisation-maintaining erbium soliton fibre laser is achieved. With eight pulses in the cavity, repetition rate timing jitter is suppressed by 7.3 dB through optical pumping above the absorber bandgap. This stabilised laser operates at 463 MHz with nearly transform-limited, 660 fs, 1 pJ pulses
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; mirrors; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; optical saturation; optical solitons; timing jitter; 1 pJ; 1.5 micron; 463 MHz; 660 fs; absorber bandgap; cavity; nearly transform-limited pulses; optical pumping; polarisation-maintaining erbium soliton fibre laser; polarisation-maintaining harmonically modelocked soliton fibre laser; repetition rate stabilisation; repetition rate timing jitter; saturable Bragg reflector; stabilised laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020019
