10/spl times/10 GHz multi-wavelength modelocked fiber ring laser using a semiconductor optical amplifier

Author

Papakyriakopoulos, T. ; Stavdas, A. ; Protonotarios, E.N. ; Avramopoulos, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

351

Lastpage

352

Abstract

Summary form only given. In this paper we report the demonstration of a simple, totally fiber-pigtailed, actively mode-locked laser source, generating 10 simultaneously synchronized wavelength channels, each at 10 GHz, producing as short as 21 ps pulses. The laser ring cavity is composed entirely of fiber-pigtailed devices. Gain is provided by a 500 /spl mu/m, bulk InGaAsP/InP ridge waveguide SOA with 10/spl deg/ angled and antireflection coated facets. The device has a small signal gain of 23 dB when driven with a 250 mA dc current at 1535 nm.

Keywords

fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 GHz; 1535 nm; 21 ps; 21 ps pulse generation; 23 dB; 250 mA; 500 mum; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP/InP ridge waveguide SOA; angled antireflection coated facets; dc current; laser ring cavity; multi-wavelength modelocked fiber ring laser; semiconductor optical amplifier; simultaneously synchronized wavelength channels; small signal gain; totally fiber-pigtailed actively mode-locked laser source; Fiber lasers; Gain; Indium phosphide; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulse generation; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834291

Filename

834291