Title :
Moving towards 100 GHz from a passively mode-locked Er:Yb:glass laser at 1.5 μm
Author :
Oehler, A.E.H. ; Zeller, S.C. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Keller, U. ; Weingarten, K.J.
Author_Institution :
ETH Zurich, Zurich
Abstract :
This paper presents a system, which allows extending the operation range into the 100-GHz regime. The approach is based on fundamental mode locking i.e. a single pulse is circulating in the laser cavity thus avoiding the instabilities and timing jitter which typically arise from harmonic modelocking. For 100 GHz, this leads to an extremely small optical cavity length of 1.5 mm for a linear standing wave cavity.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical glass; solid lasers; frequency 100 GHz; glass laser; harmonic modelocking; laser cavity; linear standing wave cavity; optical cavity length; passive mode locking; timing jitter; wavelength 1.5 μm; Autocorrelation; Bandwidth; Data communication; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Telecommunications; Timing jitter; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0930-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386436
