The effect of backward-injecting wavelength on the mode-locking dynamics of a semiconductor-amplifier-based fiber laser

Yi-Shiang Chu; Yu-Sheng Liao; Yu-Huang Lin; Yung-Cheng Chang; Gong-Ru Lin

doi:10.1117/12.577066

31 January 2005 The effect of backward-injecting wavelength on the mode-locking dynamics of a semiconductor-amplifier-based fiber laser

Yi-Shiang Chu, Yu-Sheng Liao, Yu-Huang Lin, Yung-Cheng Chang, Gong-Ru Lin

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Proceedings Volume 5624, Semiconductor and Organic Optoelectronic Materials and Devices; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.577066
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

The wavelength dependent mode-locking performances of a SOAFL under the backward optical injection via a sinusoidal-modulated distributed feedback laser diode (DFBLD) at 1 GHz repetition rate are characterized. The backward optical injection has to be sufficiently high to saturate a SOA and then depletes most of the excited state electrons in the SOA. In order to obtain shorter mode-locking pulsewidth, the DFBLD injecting wavelength should be slightly longer than the peak wavelength of SOA gain to benefit from shorter gain-recovery time and larger modulation depth. As the wavelength of a DFBLD approach the central wavelength of SOA, the shortest pulse was measured via a digital sampling oscilloscope (DSO). The pulses can also be obtained by DFBLD backward injection at 1535 nm in feedback of SOAFL, leading to the optimized pulsewidths of 22.7 ps.

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Yi-Shiang Chu, Yu-Sheng Liao, Yu-Huang Lin, Yung-Cheng Chang, and Gong-Ru Lin "The effect of backward-injecting wavelength on the mode-locking dynamics of a semiconductor-amplifier-based fiber laser", Proc. SPIE 5624, Semiconductor and Organic Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, (31 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.577066

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