Title :
Characterization of a harmonically mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser and its application to optical communication systems
Author :
Rocco Giraldi, Maria Thereza M ; Margulis, Walter ; Carvalho, Maria Cristina R
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., IME, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper describes a simple and stable harmonically mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser, that produces high power, 1.16 ps transform limited sech2 optical pulses at 1564 nm at a repetition rate of 1 GHz. The temporal and spectral characteristics of the pulses are studied. Soliton transmission over 40 km standard non-dispersion-shifted single mode fiber is demonstrated using this laser
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical fibre communication; optical solitons; optical transmitters; ring lasers; 1 GHz; 1.16 ps; 1564 nm; 40 km; harmonically mode-locked fiber ring laser; non-dispersion-shifted single mode fiber; optical communication systems; repetition rate; soliton transmission; spectral characteristics; transform limited sech2 optical pulses; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical feedback; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 1999. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S, APS and LEOS - IMOC '99. International
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5807-4
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.1999.867092
