20-GHz broadly tunable and stable mode-locked semiconductor amplifier fiber ring laser.
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چکیده
We present an actively mode-locked fiber ring laser that uses a single active semiconductor optical amplifier device to provide both gain and gain modulation from an external optical pulse train. The laser source generated 4.3-ps pulses at 20 GHz over a 16-nm tuning range and is stable against environmental changes and simple to build.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Optics letters
دوره 24 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999