Short pulse and low noise actively mode-locked 10 GHz semiconductor laser with a fiber Bragg grating external cavity

Author

Duelk, M. ; Melchior, H. ; Hunziker, W. ; Tallone, L.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Quantum Electron., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

17-22 March 2001

Abstract

Using a semiconductor laser with a fiber Bragg grating external cavity, 10 GHz actively mode-locked short pulses (3.8 ps) with very low timing jitter (160 fs RMS) have been generated at a wavelength of 1553 nm.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical fibres; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; ridge waveguides; semiconductor lasers; timing jitter; waveguide lasers; 10 GHz; 1553 nm; 160 fs; 3.8 ps; GHz repetition rates; actively mode-locked semiconductor lasers; actively mode-locked short pulses; curved waveguide; fiber Bragg grating external cavity; low noise actively mode-locked semiconductor laser; mode-locked semiconductor laser; ridge laser diode; semiconductor laser; short optical pulses; short pulse semiconductor laser; timing jitter; wavelength; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-655-9

Type

conf

Filename

928526