Title :
20 GHz, 1.8 ps pulse generation from a regeneratively modelocked erbium-doped fibre laser and its femtosecond pulse compression
Author :
Yoshida, E. ; Kimura, Y. ; Nakazawa, M.
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Syst. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
3/2/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A very stable 1.8 ps pulse train at 20 GHz was successfully obtained at a wavelength of 1.55 μm from a regeneratively modelocked erbium-doped fibre laser. The output pulses were compressed to as short as 172 fs by using a dispersion-decreasing erbium-doped fibre amplifier
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical pulse compression; 1.55 micron; 1.8 ps; 172 fs; 20 GHz; dispersion-decreasing amplifier; femtosecond pulse compression; pulse generation; regeneratively modelocked erbium-doped fibre laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950231
