PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASER WITH NONLINEAR FIBER MIRROR

被引:5
作者
FRISKEN, SJ
TELFORD, CA
BETTS, RA
ATHERTON, PS
机构
[1] Optoelectronics Section OTC Limited, Sydney, GPO Box 7000
关键词
PULSE GENERATION; LASERS; OPTICAL SWITCHING;
D O I
10.1049/el:19910556
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 nonlinear fibre mirror, using a semiconductor laser amplifier and an erbium-doped fibre amplifier, is used as both the gain medium and saturable absorber in a passively mode locked fibre ring laser. Pulses of less than 100 ps duration were generated at repetition rates of up to 2 GHz.
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页码:887 / 889
页数:3
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