Multiwavelength Pulse Generation Using Fiber Optical Parametric Oscillator

Author

Wang, Xie ; Zhou, Yue ; Xu, Xing ; Zhang, Chi ; Xu, Jianbing ; Wong, Kenneth K Y

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Volume

25

Issue

1

fYear

2013

fDate

Jan.1, 2013

Firstpage

33

Lastpage

35

Abstract

We demonstrate a 10-GHz multiwavelength pulsed generator based on a fiber optical parametric oscillator. By introducing two separated intracavity branches, simultaneous mode-locking at two different wavelengths in the L-band is achieved. Due to the parametric process between the pump and the two mode-locked signals, two idlers are generated in the S-band. Hence, simultaneous generation of a 10-GHz pulse train at four different wavelengths located in both the S- and L-band is accomplished. The wavelength of the generated pulse trains can be tuned over 54 nm, with the wavelength span from 1500 to 1617 nm. The stability of the proposed scheme is also experimentally investigated.

Keywords

optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; L-band; S-band; fiber optical parametric oscillator; frequency 10 GHz; mode-locking; multiwavelength pulse generation; multiwavelength pulsed generator; parametric process; wavelength 1500 nm to 1617 nm; wavelength 54 nm; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Optical fiber laser; optical parametric amplifier; optical parametric oscillator;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2012.2227693

Filename

6353520