Title :
Modulational instability laser in highly nonlinear fiber yielding continuous-wave 260-GHz pulse train
Author :
de Matos, C.J.S. ; Chestnut, D.A. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Femtosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll. of Sci., London, UK
Abstract :
A modulational instability laser based on highly nonlinear dispersion shifted fibre (HNL-DSF) and an intra-cavity EDFA has been presented that yields a 260-GHz train of 370-fs soliton pulses. It has been shown that the pulses exist in the average soliton regime. This device could be used in high-speed logic gates and optical sources in the next generation of optical telecommunication systems.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser stability; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical logic; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; 370 fs; average soliton regime; fs soliton pulses; high-speed logic gates; highly nonlinear dispersion shifted fibre; intra-cavity EDFA; modulational instability fibre laser; next generation; optical pulse generation; optical telecommunication systems; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036386
