FOURIER-TRANSFORM-LIMITED 2.5PS LIGHT-PULSES WITH ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE WAVELENGTH (15NM) BY HYBRIDLY MODELOCKING A SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER IN A CHIRPED BRAGG GRATING FIBER EXTERNAL-CAVITY

被引:8
作者
YU, J [1 ]
HUHSE, D [1 ]
SCHELL, M [1 ]
SCHULZE, M [1 ]
BIMBERG, D [1 ]
WILLIAMS, JAR [1 ]
ZHANG, L [1 ]
BENNION, I [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ASTON,DEPT ELECTR ENGN & APPL PHYS,BIRMINGHAM B4 7ET,W MIDLANDS,ENGLAND
关键词
PULSE GENERATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTION LASERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19951348
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 chirped Bragg grating fibre external cavity semiconductor laser is hybridly modelocked to generate light pulses with perfectly linear wavelength chirp, resulting in Fourier-transform-limited 2.5 ps pulses incorporated with subsequent chirp compensation. The setup facilitates wavelength tunability across the whole grating bandwidth (15 nm) by changing the modulation frequency.
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页码:2008 / 2009
页数:2
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