• DocumentCode
    1379709
  • Title

    Rational harmonic active and passive modelocking in a figure-of-eight fibre laser

  • Author

    Shenping Li ; Caiyun Lou ; Chan, K.T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    2/19/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    375
  • Lastpage
    376
  • Abstract
    Rational harmonic active and passive modelocking is demonstrated in a figure-of-eight fibre laser for the first time. Optical pulses at repetition rates up to the 19th harmonic of the RF modulation frequency were generated by rationally detuning the modulation frequency. An output pulse train with a repetition rate of 11.08 GHz and a pulse duration of 7.1 ps has been achieved. The output pulse was nearly transform-limited
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical harmonic generation; 11.08 GHz; 7.1 ps; RF modulation; active modelocking; detuning; figure-of-eight fibre laser; passive modelocking; rational harmonic modelocking; repetition rate; transform-limited pulse; ultrashort pulse generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19980317
  • Filename
    675705