MODELOCKED RING LASER USING NONLINEARITY IN A SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER AMPLIFIER

被引:33
作者
PATRICK, DM
机构
[1] Core and Global Networks Division, BT Laboratories Martlesham Heath Ipswich, Suffolk
关键词
RING LASER; LASER MODELOCKING;
D O I
10.1049/el:19940026
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
Trains of picosecond pulses at 10 and 20GHz have been generated from a erbium-doped fibre ring laser with an all-optical active modelocking element consisting of a travelling wave semiconductor laser amplifier. The repetition rate of the laser is variable because it is dependent on the frequency of an injected optical pulse train.
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页码:43 / 44
页数:2
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