Self-starting additive pulse mode-locked erbium fibre ring laser
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- Author(s): K. Tamura 1 ; H.A. Haus 1 ; E.P. Ippen 1
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
, Cambridge
, USA
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 28, Issue 24, 19 November 1992, p. 2226 – 2228, DOI: 10.1049/el:19921430, Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
Abstract
Nonlinear polarisation rotation has been used to additive pulse mode-lock (APM) a single loop erbium fibre ring laser. The system is fully self-starting without triggering and has been made to produce single pulses of 452 fs duration per round trip time.
Inspec keywords: erbium; optical rotation; fibre lasers; ring lasers; integrated optics; laser mode locking; nonlinear optics
Other keywords: self-starting; nonlinear polarisation rotation; 452 fs; additive pulse mode locking; Er fibre ring laser; fully integrated laser; single pulses
Subjects: Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Laser resonators and cavities; Fibre lasers and amplifiers; Laser resonators and cavities; Fibre optics; Integrated optics; Beam trapping, self focusing, thermal blooming, and related effects; Nonlinear optics and devices; Solid lasers; Integrated optics; Other fibre optical devices and techniques
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