Title :
Extremely Increasing the Mode-Locking Range of Hybrid Soliton Pulse Source
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron., Univ. of Gaziantep
Abstract :
It is shown that proper mode-locking range where transform-limited pulses are generated is increased up to 1.3 GHz by using linearly chirped raised-cosine flat top apodized FBG instead of linearly chirped Gaussian podized FBG giving a mode-locking range of 850 MHz
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; laser mode locking; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical solitons; quantum well lasers; hybrid soliton pulse source; linearly chirped raised-cosine flat top apodized FBG; mode-locking range; multiquantum well semiconductor laser; transform-limited pulses; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical reflection; Reflectivity; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2006. Conference Digest. 2006 IEEE 20th International
Conference_Location :
Kohala Coast, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9560-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2006.1708131