A stable smoothly wavelength-tunable picosecond pulse generator

被引：49

作者：

Duan, LZ ^{[1
]}

Richardson, CJK ^{[1
]}

Hu, ZY ^{[1
]}

Dagenais, M ^{[1
]}

Goldhar, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Maryland, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

来源：

IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2002年 / 14卷 / 06期

关键词：

mode-locked lasers; noise; optical fiber dispersion; optical fiber lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength tuning;

D O I：

10.1109/LPT.2002.1003111

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：

Smooth wavelength tuning over 10 nm has been realized in a dispersion-tuned harmonically mode-locked fiber ring laser. Supermode noise is suppressed by 13 dB by adding a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) into the cavity and the suppression improves as the SOA gain increases. 5.3-ps pulses are obtained at a repetition rate of 10 GHz. A simple numerical model demonstrates the effects of the intracavity dispersion and the SOA on the pulse characteristics.

引用

页码：840 / 842

页数：3

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