DocumentCode
447996
Title
Semiconductor reflection modulator synchronizes mode-locked fiber oscillators
Author
Herda, Robert ; Rusu, Matei ; Vainionpää, Anne ; Suomalainen, Soile ; Tengvall, O. ; Okhotnikov, Oleg
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
Volume
1
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
535
Abstract
Using the absorption modulation of an optically-driven nonlinear semiconductor mirror, we have synchronized 1.56 μm mode-locked erbium fiber laser to the pulse train from a mode-locked ytterbium fiber laser operating at 1.06-μm.
Keywords
erbium; fibre lasers; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; ytterbium; 1.06 micron; 1.56 micron; absorption modulation; erbium fiber laser; mode-locked fiber oscillators; nonlinear semiconductor mirror; semiconductor reflection modulator; ytterbium fiber laser; Absorption; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical modulation; Optical reflection; Oscillators; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN
1-55752-795-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201838
Filename
1572904
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