540 fs light pulses at 1.5 /spl mu/m with variable repetition rate using a tuneable twin guide laser and soliton compression in a dispersion decreasing fiber

• Published in: IEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 6; no. 10; pp. 1191 - 1193
• Main Authors: Schell, P., Bimberg, D., Bogatyrjov, V.A., Dianov, E.M., Kurkov, A.S., Semenov, V.A., Sysoliatin, A.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-10-1994
• Subjects: Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse width modulation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Tunable circuits and devices
• ISSN: 1041-1135; 1941-0174
• DOI: 10.1109/68.329635

A novel and simple method to generate ultra short light pulses with variable repetition rate is demonstrated. A wavelength modulated tuneable twin guide laser, emitting blue-chirped light, together with pulse compression in a standard single mode fiber is used to generate light pulses of 3 ps width. Amplification and further compression in a dispersion decreasing fiber leads to Fourier transform limited pulses of 1.87 ps width or to 540 fs pulses with a small pedestal.< >