Title :
Numerical and experimental study of an alternate multiwavelength mode-locked fiber ring laser
Author :
Vasseur, Jérôme ; Hanna, Marc ; Dudley, John M. ; Yu, Jianjun ; Barry, John R. ; Chang, Gee-Kung
Author_Institution :
GTL-CNRS Telecom, Metz
Abstract :
We report the experimental generation of alternate multiwavelength pulse trains in a mode-locked fiber ring laser containing an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer at an aggregate repetition rate of 18.8 GHz. These results are compared with simulations
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical fibre communication; optical pulse generation; ring lasers; 18.8 GHz; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; alternate multiwavelength laser; fiber laser; mode-locked laser; multiwavelength pulse trains; ring laser; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Filters; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215519
