10 GHz 1.9 ps actively modelocked fibreintegrated ring laser at 1.3 µm
- 11 September 1997
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 33 (19) , 1630-1632
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19971101
Abstract
The authors report a novel 1.3 µm actively modelocked semiconductor ring laser which generates near transform-limited pulses as short as 1.9 ps at a repetition rate of 10 GHz. The laser is constructed from discrete fibre pigtailed components and an electroabsorption modulator is used as the modelocking element.Keywords
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