Title :
High-power figure-of-eight laser for soliton transmission experiments
Author :
Margulis, W. ; Rottwitt, K. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fDate :
4/13/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Letter reports on a modified figure-of-eight laser constructed with a 70% output coupler inside a nonlinear amplified loop mirror generating single nearly transform-limited pulses (1.3 ps) per high-power roundtrip (~35 W). This laser is a convenient source of soliton pulses for propagation experiments in standard telecommunication fibres
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical solitons; 1.3 ps; 35 W; figure-of-eight laser; high-power roundtrip; nonlinear amplified loop mirror; output coupler; single nearly transform-limited pulses; soliton pulses; soliton transmission experiments; telecommunication fibres;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950449
