20-GHz broadly tunable and stable mode-locked semiconductor amplifier fiber ring laser

Authors
Papakyriakopoulos, T Vlachos, K Hatziefremidis, A Avramopoulos, H
Citation
T. Papakyriakopoulos et al., 20-GHz broadly tunable and stable mode-locked semiconductor amplifier fiber ring laser, OPTICS LETT, 24(17), 1999, pp. 1209-1211
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
17
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1209 - 1211
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(19990901)24:17<1209:2BTASM>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We present an actively mode-locked fiber ring laser that uses a single acti ve semiconductor optical amplifier device to provide both gain and gain mod ulation from an external optical pulse train. The laser source generated 4. 3-ps pulses at 20 GHz over a 16-nm tuning range and is stable against envir onmental changes and simple to build. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.