O'Riordan C.;Connelly M.;Anandarajah P.;Maher R.;Barry L.

Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP 08

Triple-wavelength fiber ring laser based on a hybrid gain medium actively mode-locked at 10 GHz

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A fiber ring laser based on a hybrid gain medium that produces three simultaneously mode-locked wavelength channels is presented. The Lithium Niobate based modulator used to actively mode-lock the laser cavity at 10 GHz is birefringence compensated to reduce its polarization sensitivity. A Lyot filter defines the lasers multiwavelength spectrum which has a wavelength spacing of 1 nm. The polarization sensitive nature of the laser cavity and its affect on the performance of the laser is discussed. © 2008 IEEE.

10.1109/CSNDSP.2008.4610779