Abstract
A multiwavelength actively mode-locked fiber ring laser that utilises a single semiconductor optical amplifier as both a gain and mode-locking element is presented. It is verified experimentally that the number of mode-locked wavelengths may be maximised by compensating for the anomalous intra-cavity dispersion. This is achieved through the inclusion of an appropriate length of normal dispersion fiber in the laser cavity. Using this technique, the number of wavelengths simultaneously mode-locked at 10 GHz was increased from 2 to 5.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1865-1868 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Optics Communications |
| Volume | 283 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2010 |
Keywords
- Fiber lasers
- Laser mode-locking
- Optical fiber dispersion
- Optical modulation
- Optical pulse generation
- Semiconductor optical amplifiers