Title :
Passively mode-locked erbium fiber laser synchronized to clock using vertical-cavity semiconductor modulator driven optically with the 1.54-/spl mu/m laser diode
Author :
Vainionpää, A. ; Rusu, M. ; Okhotnikov, O.G.
Author_Institution :
Tampere Univ. of Technol.
Abstract :
Robust synchronization of a passively mode-locked fiber laser to an optical clock based on gain-switched semiconductor laser diode has been achieved. Owing to high nonlinear response of vertical-cavity semiconductor reflecting modulator, the locking mechanism is efficient and would allow for reliable synchronization of passively mode-locked laser at high harmonics. The clock is built entirely of standard telecom-grade components
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; light reflection; mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; synchronisation; 1.54 mum; erbium fiber laser; gain-switched laser; laser diode; nonlinear response; optical clock; passive mode-locking; semiconductor modulator mirror; semiconductor reflecting modulator; standard telecom-grade components; synchronization; vertical-cavity semiconductor modulator; Clocks; Diode lasers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Optical modulation; Semiconductor lasers; Synchronization; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548317
