Title :
Amplitude equalization of high-repetition-rate pulses in a rational harmonic mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser with a Fabry-Perot semiconductor modulator
Author :
Zhao, Donghui ; Chan, K.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
The generation of uniform pulse trains at tens of GHz from a rational harmonic modelocked fiber laser with a Fabry-Perot semiconductor modulator was experimentally demonstrated by employing pulse amplitude equalization based on nonlinear polarization rotation.
Keywords :
equalisers; erbium; harmonics; laser mode locking; modulators; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; optical pulse generation; semiconductor devices; EDFA; Fabry-Perot semiconductor modulator; erbium-doped fiber laser; high-repetition-rate pulses; nonlinear polarization rotation; pulse amplitude equalization; rational harmonic mode-locked laser; ultra-high-speed optical communication; ultra-short pulse source; uniform pulse trains generation; Amplitude modulation; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fabry-Perot; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989696
