Switching and passive mode-locking of fibre lasers using non-linear loop mirrors
Switching and passive mode-locking of fibre lasers using non-linear loop mirrors
Ultrafast all-optical, fibre optic switches are of great interest as all-optical signal processing elements in telecommunication systems and as passive mode-lockers for all-fibre mode-lock lasers. We describe the operation and characteristics of two such switches, the conventional and amplifying Sagnac switch, and describe the use of these components in a recently developed, passive, self-starting, mode-locked erbium doped fibre laser capable of the generation of solitons with durations as short as 320 femtoseconds.
9780819407122
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SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Richardson, David J.
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Laming, Richard I.
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Payne, David N.
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1991
Richardson, David J.
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Laming, Richard I.
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Payne, David N.
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Richardson, David J., Laming, Richard I. and Payne, David N.
(1991)
Switching and passive mode-locking of fibre lasers using non-linear loop mirrors.
In Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers III.
vol. 1581,
SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.
.
(doi:10.1117/12.134969).
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Abstract
Ultrafast all-optical, fibre optic switches are of great interest as all-optical signal processing elements in telecommunication systems and as passive mode-lockers for all-fibre mode-lock lasers. We describe the operation and characteristics of two such switches, the conventional and amplifying Sagnac switch, and describe the use of these components in a recently developed, passive, self-starting, mode-locked erbium doped fibre laser capable of the generation of solitons with durations as short as 320 femtoseconds.
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Published date: 1991
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Fiber optic components and reliability, , Boston, United States, 1991-09-03 - 1991-09-06
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/77411
ISBN: 9780819407122
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Richard I. Laming
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