Title :
Competition between 20th-order rational harmonic mode-locking and gain-switching in inverse optical comb injected semiconductor optical amplifier fiber ring laser
Author :
Kang, Jung-Jui ; Lee, Chao-Kuei ; Lin, Gong-Ru
Author_Institution :
Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, 70 Lien-Hai Rd, Kaohsiung 804, China
Abstract :
20th-order rational harmonic mode-locked (RHML) pulses are demonstrated by using 1 GHz backward dark-optical comb injection semiconductor optical amplifier. A less pronounced high-order RHML mechanism than gain-switching is observed from red-shifted wavelength and reduced linewidth.
Keywords :
Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431315
