Title :
Ultrahigh-speed fiber laser and its application to optical metrology
Author :
Nakazawa, Masataka
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai
Abstract :
Ultrahigh-speed fiber lasers operating at up to 40 GHz offer a clean longitudinal comb and a narrow linewidth, which makes them suitable for optical metrology including microwave and optical comb delivery through an optical network.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; measurement by laser beam; microwave photonics; optical fibre networks; longitudinal comb; microwave delivery; narrow laser linewidth; optical comb delivery; optical metrology; optical network; ultrahigh-speed fiber laser; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser applications; Masers; Metrology; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical solitons; Ultrafast optics; (120.3940) Metrology; (120.4800) Optical standards and testing; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (999.9999) High-speed optical transmission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628299
