Title :
Ultra-stable and ultra-wideband wavelength-tunable actively mode-locked short-cavity fiber ring laser using a bismuth-based highly nonlinear erbium-doped fiber
Author :
Fukuchi, Yutaka ; Maeda, Joji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tokyo Univ. of Sci., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate an actively mode-locked short-cavity laser employing a 151 cm-long bismuth-oxide-based highly nonlinear erbium-doped fiber. Stable 10 GHz short pulses are obtained with an 87 nm tuning range. An 8 m-long cavity realizes better stability against external perturbation.
Keywords :
ring lasers; mode-locked short-cavity fiber ring laser; nonlinear erbium-doped fiber; size 151 cm; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Power generation; Pulse measurements; Ring lasers; Ultra wideband technology; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
