HARMONICALLY MODE-LOCKED FIBER RING LASER WITH AN INTERNAL FABRY-PEROT STABILIZER FOR SOLITON TRANSMISSION

被引:213
作者
HARVEY, GT
MOLLENAUER, LF
机构
[1] AT and T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ
[2] AT and T Bell Laboratories Engineering Research Center, Princeton, NJ
关键词
11;
D O I
10.1364/OL.18.000107
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We describe a modulator-driven, erbium-fiber ring laser that produces chirp-free pulses with width adjustable over the range of 5 to 100 ps. A high-finesse Fabry-Perot etalon with a free spectral range equal to the 2.5-GHz laser repetition rate eliminates unwanted laser ring modes and stabilizes the pulse amplitude. Using this laser, we have extended the error-free distance of a series of soliton transmission experiments by 2000-3000 km over previous results with a mode-locked semiconductor laser.
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页码:107 / 109
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