Passively modelocked 50 GHz Er:Yb:glass laser

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作者
Zeller, SC
Krainer, L
Spühler, GJ
Paschotta, R
Golling, M
Ebling, D
Weingarten, KJ
Keller, U
机构
[1] ETH, Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Inst Quantum Elect, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
[2] ETH, Swiss Fed Inst Technol, FIRST Ctr Micro & Nanosci, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
[3] GigaTera Inc, CH-8005 Zurich, Switzerland
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10.1049/el:20045064
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A diode-pumped Er:Yb:glass miniature laser has been passively modelocked to generate 2.0 ps pulses at a 50 GHz repetition rate with LIP to 7.5 mW average power. By combining this laser with a dynamic gain equaliser, a flat optical spectrum has been generated with up to 10 discrete channels with a 50 GHz channel spacing locked to the 50 GHz ITU grid.
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页码:875 / 877
页数:3
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