Title :
In-field and in-laboratory 50 km ultralong Erbium fiber laser
Author :
Saito, Lúcia A M ; De Souza, Eunézio A. ; Romero, Murilo A.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Fotonica, Univ. Mackenzie, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Abstract :
We present a comparison between an in-field and an in-laboratory 50 km ultralong Erbium-doped fiber lasers operating in active mode-locking regime. The results show better performance of the in-laboratory laser with pulses from 36.1 to 97.3 ps with repetition rate from 1 to 10 GHz.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical modulation; JkJk:Er; active mode-locking; distance 50 km; in-field fiber lasers; in-laboratory fiber lasers; intensity modulator; laser cavity; repetition rate; ultralong erbium doped fiber laser; Educational institutions; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Power generation; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Erbium lasers; fiber lasers; mode-locked lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2009 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Belem
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5356-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1679-4389
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2009.5427485