Numerical and experimental study of an alternate multiwavelength mode-locked fiber ring laser

J. Vasseur (1, 2) , M. Hanna (1, 2) , J.M. Dudley (2) , J. Yu (1) , J. Barry (2) , G.K Chang (1)

1 Georgia Tech Lorraine [Metz]
2 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)

We report the experimental generation of alternate multiwavelength pulse trains in a mode-locked fiber ring laser containing an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer at an aggregate repetition rate of 18.8 GHz. These results are compared with simulations

Domaines: Optique / photonique

J. Vasseur, M. Hanna, J.M. Dudley, J. Yu, J. Barry, et al.. Numerical and experimental study of an alternate multiwavelength mode-locked fiber ring laser. Optical Fiber Communication Conference and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, Mar 2006, Anaheim, United States. pp.612-614, ⟨10.1109/OFC.2006.215519⟩. ⟨hal-00362391⟩