Nonlinear phase response of a saturable Bragg reflector for modulation depth control

Author

Pudo, Dominik ; Byun, Hyunil ; Gopinath, Juliet ; Petrich, Gale S. ; Ippen, Erich P. ; Kartner, Franz X. ; Kolodziejski, Leslie A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate an interferometric configuration comprising a saturable Bragg reflector for phase-to-amplitude response conversion. Its static nonlinear phase response is determined and used to obtain tunable nonlinear amplitude depth modulation.

Keywords

amplitude modulation; distributed Bragg reflectors; laser beams; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; laser stability; laser tuning; light interferometry; optical modulation; optical saturation; phase modulation; interferometric configuration; modulation depth control; passively mode-locked lasers design; phase-to-amplitude response conversion; saturable Bragg reflector; stable laser output; static nonlinear phase response; tunable nonlinear amplitude depth modulation; Amplitude modulation; Mirrors; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Phase modulation; Phase shifting interferometry; Power lasers; Reflectivity; (230.4320) Nonlinear optical devices; (320.5550) Pulses;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572070