Title :
Characteristics of a semiconductor fiber laser mode-locked using a nonlinear optical loop mirror
Author :
Cai, Tommy ; Adams, Rhys ; Chen, Lawrence R. ; Rochette, Martin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We investigate the operating characteristics of a semiconductor fiber laser mode-locked at 10 GHz using a nonlinear optical loop mirror. We discuss the potential application for performing all-optical clock recovery.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; nonlinear optics; semiconductor lasers; synchronisation; all optical clock recovery; frequency 10 GHz; mode locked laser; nonlinear optical loop mirror; semiconductor fiber laser; Bandwidth; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5215202
