TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigation of noise suppression, pulse intensity and chirp of an actively mode-locked semiconductor fiber ring laser
AU - Evans, Ivan
AU - O'Riordan, Colm
AU - Connelly, Michael J.
AU - Barry, Liam P.
AU - Clarke, Aisling M.
AU - Anandarajah, Prince M.
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - An actively mode-locked fiber ring laser that utilizes an EDFA and semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is presented. The SOA enhances noise suppression. Active mode-locking was demonstrated at repetition rates up to 20 GHz. The effects of intra-cavity power and SOA current on noise suppression are studied for two types of commercially available SOA. The frequency resolved optical gating technique is used to characterize the output pulse stream intensity and frequency chirp.
AB - An actively mode-locked fiber ring laser that utilizes an EDFA and semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is presented. The SOA enhances noise suppression. Active mode-locking was demonstrated at repetition rates up to 20 GHz. The effects of intra-cavity power and SOA current on noise suppression are studied for two types of commercially available SOA. The frequency resolved optical gating technique is used to characterize the output pulse stream intensity and frequency chirp.
KW - Frequency resolved optical gating
KW - Mode-locking
KW - Optical pulse measurements
KW - Ring laser
KW - Semiconductor optical amplifier
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U2 - 10.1016/j.optcom.2007.07.056
DO - 10.1016/j.optcom.2007.07.056
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:35148846487
SN - 0030-4018
VL - 280
SP - 142
EP - 146
JO - Optics Communications
JF - Optics Communications
IS - 1
ER -