GENERATION OF 98FS OPTICAL PULSES DIRECTLY FROM AN ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER RING LASER AT 1.57-MU-M

被引:71
作者
NAKAZAWA, M
YOSHIDA, E
KIMURA, Y
机构
[1] NTT Telecommunication Field Systems R&D Center, Optical Transmission Line Laboratories, Tokai
关键词
PULSE GENERATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; LASERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19930042
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
Optical pulses as short as 98 fs at 1.57 mum have been successfully generated for the first time directly from a laser-diode pumped erbium-doped fibre laser with a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror. By using a low GVD polarisation sensitive isolator and reducing the fibre length in a nonlinear loop, 124 fs pulses were obtained. They were further shortened to 98 fs by installing an EDFA as an active pulse compressor and a positive GVD fibre for chirp compensation.
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