Title :
Tunable passively mode-locked fibre ring laser
Author :
Gong, Y.D. ; Teo, G. ; Shum, P. ; Lu, C. ; Tang, D.Y.
Author_Institution :
Innovation Centre, Inst. for Infocomm Res., Nanyang, Singapore
Abstract :
A polarization-dependent Mach-Zehnder amplitude modulator was used in the passively mode-locked fibre ring laser. When the modulator was biased at different voltages, stable soliton train with tunable repetition rates from 50 GHz to 300 GHz was observed.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical solitons; optical transmitters; ring lasers; 50 to 300 GHz; passive mode-locked fibre ring laser; polarization-dependent Mach-Zehnder amplitude modulator; soliton train; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Solitons; Tunable circuits and devices; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192499
