Title :
Semiconductor reflection modulator synchronizes mode-locked fiber oscillators
Author :
Herda, Robert ; Rusu, Matei ; Vainionpää, Anne ; Suomalainen, Soile ; Tengvall, O. ; Okhotnikov, Oleg
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
Abstract :
Using the absorption modulation of an optically-driven nonlinear semiconductor mirror, we have synchronized 1.56 μm mode-locked erbium fiber laser to the pulse train from a mode-locked ytterbium fiber laser operating at 1.06-μm.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; ytterbium; 1.06 micron; 1.56 micron; absorption modulation; erbium fiber laser; mode-locked fiber oscillators; nonlinear semiconductor mirror; semiconductor reflection modulator; ytterbium fiber laser; Absorption; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical modulation; Optical reflection; Oscillators; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201838
