Very simple method to stabilise mode-locked erbium fibre lasers

被引:14
作者
Shan, X [1 ]
Widdowson, T [1 ]
Ellis, AD [1 ]
Siddiqui, AS [1 ]
机构
[1] BT LABS,IPSWICH IP5 7RE,SUFFOLK,ENGLAND
关键词
laser modelocking; fibre lasers;
D O I
10.1049/el:19960685
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
A very simple method is proposed and demonstrated to stabilise an actively modelocked erbium fibre laser with a nonpolarisation maintaining cavity. This method is based on the detection of differential growth rates of noise at different frequencies, which is then used to control cavity length. The whole control circuit is composed of low frequency analogue electronics and no computer is needed. A fibre laser stabilised by this method demonstrated very stable BER performance at 10bit/s.
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页码:1015 / 1016
页数:2
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