Switching and passive mode-locking of fiber lasers using nonlinear loop mirrors (Invited Paper)

David J. Richardson; Richard Ian Laming; David N. Payne

doi:10.1117/12.134969

1 February 1992 Switching and passive mode-locking of fiber lasers using nonlinear loop mirrors (Invited Paper)

David J. Richardson, Richard Ian Laming, David N. Payne

Proceedings Volume 1581, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers III; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.134969
Event: OE Fiber, 1991, Boston, MA, United States

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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David J. Richardson, Richard Ian Laming, and David N. Payne "Switching and passive mode-locking of fiber lasers using nonlinear loop mirrors (Invited Paper)", Proc. SPIE 1581, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers III, (1 February 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.134969

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