Title :
Generation of 1O GHz pulse packets from an actively mode-locked fiber ring laser
Author :
Olsson, B.-E. ; Blumenthal, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. & Photon Networks Lab., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
A method to generate packets of short (10 ps) high quality pulses directly from an actively mode-locked fiber ring laser at 10 GHz is demonstrated by locking the packet repetition frequency to the fundamental laser cavity frequency.
Keywords :
erbium; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical fiber amplifiers; optical fiber communication; optical pulse generation; packet switching; ring lasers; 10 GHz; 10 ps; Er-doped fiber ring laser; actively mode-locked fiber ring laser; fiber ring laser; fundamental laser cavity frequency; packet repetition frequency; pulse packet generation; pulse packets; short high quality pulses; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber communication; Optical packet switching; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868556
