Title :
Fast wavelength-tunable picosecond pulses from mode-locked Er fiber laser using an intracavity filter with repetition rate compensator
Author :
Ozeki, Yasuyuki ; Tashiro, Daigo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We present a polarization-maintaining, SESAM-mode-locked fiber laser with a wavelength-tuning speed of <;5 ms and a duration of ~10 ps. Within the tunability of >30 nm, the variation in the repetition rate was <;300 Hz.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical fibre filters; optical fibre polarisation; fast wavelength-tunable picosecond pulses; intracavity filter; mode-locked Er fiber laser; polarization-maintaining SESAM-mode-locked fiber laser; repetition rate compensator; wavelength-tuning speed; Cavity resonators; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Tuning; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
