Injection-Seeded Actively Mode-locked Erbium-Doped Fiber Ring Laser for Frequency Measurement in Telecommunication Band

Authors

  • Michał P. Nikodem Wrocław University of Technology, Laser and Fiber Electronics Group
  • Krzysztof M. Abramski Wrocław University of Technology, Laser and Fiber Electronics Group

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v1i1.2

Abstract

In this paper the mode-locking of an erbium-doped fiber ring laser with frequency shifted feedback is described. We use the configuration with an acousto-optical modulator inserted in the laser cavity that produces 1.7 ps pulses with a 40 MHz repetition frequency. The corresponding optical frequency comb has a bandwidth of more than 10 nm, centered at 1558 nm. The laser operates with external injection from a DFB telecommunication laser diode which can be used for controlling the offset frequency of an optical comb. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of external injection of a mode-locked fiber laser using a telecommunication laser diode.

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Author Biography

Krzysztof M. Abramski, Wrocław University of Technology, Laser and Fiber Electronics Group

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Published

2009-03-28

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M. P. Nikodem and K. M. Abramski, “Injection-Seeded Actively Mode-locked Erbium-Doped Fiber Ring Laser for Frequency Measurement in Telecommunication Band”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 1, no. 1, pp. pp. 19–21, Mar. 2009.

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009)

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