Harmonically mode-locked laser and applications

Richard Lynn Fork; K. Singh; Joseph W. Haus; Reinhard K. Erdmann; Steven T. Johns

doi:10.1117/12.177341

3 June 1994 Harmonically mode-locked laser and applications

Richard Lynn Fork, K. Singh, Joseph W. Haus, Reinhard K. Erdmann, Steven T. Johns

Proceedings Volume 2216, Photonics at the Air Force Photonics Center; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177341
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

We have constructed a harmonically modelocked laser that includes an electronically driven modulator and an intracavity Fabry-Perot etalon. We use experimentally observed performance of this laser, and number simulations based on the operating parameters of this laser, to examine strategies for generating stable synchronized trains of ultrashort duration solitons at multi-GHz repetition rates. Introduction of a saturable absorber based on a mechanism that both saturates and recovers promptly is examined. This strategy provides means of generating stable trains of solitons, where the soliton durations are of the order of a few ps or less, as well as synchronizing those trains with optical pulsewidth precision. We identify a rapidly saturating and rapidly recovering saturable absorber with a shorter pathlength as a potentially useful improvement on the nonlinear loop mirror. Significant work remains, but generation and distribution of these synchronized ultrashort duration soliton trains over networks on a scale of km or more appear feasible.

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Richard Lynn Fork, K. Singh, Joseph W. Haus, Reinhard K. Erdmann, and Steven T. Johns "Harmonically mode-locked laser and applications", Proc. SPIE 2216, Photonics at the Air Force Photonics Center, (3 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177341

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