Digital and Analog Modulation of Fiber Lasers for High-Speed Optical Communications and Control Systems

Abstract

This report describes the development of a mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser. Active mode-locking was achieved by modulation of a multiple quantum well (MAW) device by Stark shifting the absorption of the quantum wells. The MQW device could also act as a saturable absorber, so that the laser could be passively mode-locked. Pulses as short as 11 pico seconds were produced. The cavity was injection mode-locked at both the fundamental and second harmonic period of the cavity round-trip time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA361064

Entities

People

  • Kenneth J. Teegarden

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Amplifiers
  • Bragg Gratings
  • Detectors
  • Fiber Bragg Gratings
  • Frequency
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Military Research
  • Modulation
  • Optical Communications
  • Optical Fiber Lasers
  • Optical Properties
  • Power Spectra
  • Quantum Wells
  • Repetition Rate

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Quantum Computing