Multiwavelength actively mode-locked fiber ring laser with a dispersion compensated cavity

作者：O'Riordan Colm^*; Connelly Michael J

来源：Optics Communications, 2010, 283(9): 1865-1868.

DOI：10.1016/j.optcom.2009.12.036

• Fiber lasers
• Laser mode-locking
• Optical fiber dispersion
• Optical modulation
• Optical pulse generation
• Semiconductor optical amplifiers

A multiwavelength actively mode-locked fiber ring laser that utilises a single semiconductor optical amplifier as both a gain and mode-locking element is presented. It is verified experimentally that the number of mode-locked wavelengths may be maximised by compensating for the anomalous intra-cavity dispersion. This is achieved through the inclusion of an appropriate length of normal dispersion fiber in the laser cavity. Using this technique, the number of wavelengths simultaneously mode-locked at 10 GHz was increased from 2 to 5.

• 出版日期2010-5-1