Title :
Widely wavelength-tunable ultra-flat frequency comb and short pulse generation from an actively mode-locked laser using a bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber and a bismuth-based highly nonlinear fiber
Author :
Fukuchi, Yutaka ; Maeda, Jukai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tokyo Univ. of Sci., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We generate a frequency comb from a wavelength-tunable 10-GHz actively mode-locked laser using a bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber and a bismuth-based highly nonlinear fiber. Flat 30 comb lines within 10-dB variation and 3.0-ps pulses are generated.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; erbium compounds; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical pulse generation; bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber; bismuth-based highly nonlinear fiber; frequency 10 GHz; mode-locked laser; short pulse generation; time 3.0 ps; widely wavelength-tunable ultraflat frequency comb generation; Bit error rate; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber filters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
