Actively mode-locked 1.5-μm 10-GHz picosecond fiber laser usinga monolithic semiconductor optical amplifier/electroabsorption modulator |
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| Authors: | Roth J.M. Dreyer K. Collings B.C. Knox W.H. Bergman K. |
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| Affiliation: | Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ; |
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| Abstract: | In this letter, we demonstrate a novel 10-GHz actively modelocked polarization-maintaining fiber ring laser that utilizes a single device for gain, loss modulation, optical isolation, and repetition rate adjustment. This monolithic device incorporates a semiconductor optical amplifier with an electroabsorption modulator and provides net gain of 2.1 dB. The repetition rate of the 1.5-μm picosecond pulsetrains can be tuned by 2 ppm through perturbation of the electroabsorption modulator reverse bias |
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