Title :
Bidirectional mode-locked fiber ring laser using passively controlled threshold gating
Author :
Braga, A. ; Diels, J.C. ; Jain, R. ; Kay, R. ; Wang, L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
An innovative technique to achieve bidirectional mode-locking of a fiber ring laser is demonstrated using two amplitude modulators passively driven by a signal regenerated from the laser´s own 5.1MHz repetition rate.
Keywords :
Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical control; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse modulation; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
