Novel technique for reduction of amplitude modulation of pulse trains generated by subharmonic synchronous mode-locked laser

被引：24
作者：
Attygalle, M [1 ]
Nirmalathas, A
Liu, HF
机构：
[1] Univ Melbourne, Australian Photon Cooperat Res Ctr, Photon Res Lab, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia
[2] Sparkolor Corp, Santa Clara, CA 95050 USA
来源：
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2002年 / 14卷 / 04期
关键词：
amplitude modulation; amplitude noise; mode-locked laser; nonlinear optical loop mirror; optical fiber communication; pulse generation;
D O I：
10.1109/68.992605
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
Subharmonically synchronous mode-locked and hybrid mode-locked lasers suffer from strong amplitude modulation at frequencies corresponding to injection signal frequency. In this paper, we demonstrate for the first time, significant reduction of amplitude modulation of pulse trains generated by a subharmonic synchronous mode-locked laser at 38 GHz using a nonlinear optical loop mirror. Experimental results as well as a theoretical analysis for the scheme are presented.
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页码：543 / 545
页数：3
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