MODE-LOCKED 1.5 MU-M SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER FIBER RING

The dynamics of a mode-locked SOA fiber ring are investigated experime ntally and numerically. Generation of near transform-limited (time-ban dwidth product = 0.7) 1.5 mu m 54 ps FWHM pulses with a peak power of 2.8 mW at a repetition rate of 960 MHz is demonstrated experimentally. The experimental results agree well with the simulation results obtai ned using a TLLM model. Both experiments and numerical simulations sho w how the RF power and the detuning affect the pulsewidth.