Title :
Synchronization of an additive pulse mode-locked fiber laser using continuum-controlled injection locking
Author :
Dorring, J. ; Yan, L. ; Satorius, D. ; Chen, Y.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Passively mode-locked fiber lasers typically have broader spectra than actively mode-locked ones. However, they are much harder to synchronize with external laser sources. For example, for WDM network applications both, synchronization and a broad spectrum are needed. The all-optical solution presented here is the injection locking (IL) of a potential WDM source to an external laser source. The experimental setup consists of a passively mode-locked fiber laser used as a seed laser. The timing jitter between seed pulse and IL-additive pulse mode locked (APM) laser pulse was determined using the cross correlation method.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical correlation; synchronisation; timing jitter; wavelength division multiplexing; additive pulse mode locked laser pulse; additive pulse mode-locked fiber laser synchronisation; continuum-controlled injection locking; cross correlation method; external laser source; injection locking; passively mode-locked fiber lasers; potential WDM source; seed laser; timing jitter; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034279
