Actively mode-locked 1.5-μm 10-GHz picosecond fiber laser using a monolithic semiconductor optical amplifier/electroabsorption modulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 917-919

  Roth, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Dreyer, Kevin ^c   Collings, Brandon C ^c   Knox, Wayne H ^a,d   Bergman, Keren ^a,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber lasers; Optical modulation; Optical solitons; Phase locked loops; Pulse generation; Ring lasers; Semiconductor waveguides; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS;

GAIN CONTROL; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MODULATORS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; RING LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLITONS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0036649076     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.1012384     Document Type: Article

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