• DocumentCode
    399997
  • Title

    Ultrahigh capacity source using spectral slicing of a femtosecond Cr4+:YAG laser

  • Author

    Chai, Y.J. ; Leburn, C.G. ; Lagatsky, A.A. ; Brown, C.T.A. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; Sibbett, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., MA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    384
  • Abstract
    We report a novel OTDM/WDM source based on spectral slicing of a passively mode-locked Cr4+:YAG femtosecond pulse source. Total capacities up to 682 Gbit/s and 1.36 Tbit/s with spectral efficiencies of 0.2 b/s/Hz and 0.4 b/s/Hz have been achieved.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; solid lasers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.36 Tbit/s; 682 Gbit/s; OTDM/WDM source; YAG:Cr; YAl5O12:Cr; femtosecond laser; passively mode-locked pulse source; spectral slicing; ultrahigh capacity source; Bit rate; Chromium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laser mode locking; Physics; Power generation; Solid lasers; Supercontinuum generation; Transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251825
  • Filename
    1251825
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=399997