High-quality optical pulse train generation at 80 Gb/s using a modified regenerative-type mode-locked fiber laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 721-725

  Zhu, Guanghao ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Chen, Hongmin ^a   Dong, Hao ^a   Dutta, Niloy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Mode locking; Optical pulse generation

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EXTERNAL FIBER LOOP MIRROR; FOURTH ORDER RATIONAL HARMONIC MODE LOCKING; HIGH QUALITY PULSE TRAIN GENERATION; PULSE-TO-PULSE AMPLITUDE FLUCTUATION; REGENERATIVE TYPE BASE-LINE EXTRACTION FEEDBACK TECHNIQUE; REGENERATIVE TYPE MODE LOCKED FIBER LASER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 3042646340     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.828266     Document Type: Article

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