Evaluation of amplitude-stabilized optical pulse trains from rational harmonically mode-locked fiber ring lasers

被引：5
作者：
Gupta, KK
Onodera, N
Hyodo, M
Watanabe, M
Ravikumar, J
机构：
[1] Natl Def Acad, Dept Commun Engn, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 2398686, Japan
[2] Marconi Co, MSI, Wireless Syst Div, Gateway E 189721, Singapore
来源：
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY | 2004年 / 22卷 / 08期
关键词：
amplitude modulation (AM); Fabry-Perot (FP) filter; Mach-Zehnder intensity modulator (MZM); mode-locked lasers; optical fiber lasers; optical pulse generation; phase noise; ring lasers; spectral filtering;
D O I：
10.1109/JLT.2004.828217
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：
This paper investigates rational. harmonically mode-locked fiber ring lasers generating amplitude-stabilized fourth-order optical pulse trains at 13.91 GHz using a modulation signal frequency of 3.477 GHz. Pulse amplitude stabilization in terms of both amplitude equality and low amplitude noise is realized by using the nonlinear characteristics of a Mach-Zehnder intensity modulator in conjunction with intracavity optical filtering. The generated optical pulse trains are investigated for their amplitude equalization, amplitude noise, supermode noise suppression, and pulse timing jitter. It is shown that the pulses remained close to transform-limited over an operating wavelength range of 1535-1565 nm.
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页数：11
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