Optical clock division based on dual-wavelength mode-locked semiconductor fiber ring laser

Opt Express. 2008 Jul 21;16(15):11231-6. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.011231.

Abstract

We have reported the optical clock division utilizing an injected mode-locked fiber ring laser incorporating semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and a dispersion compensation fiber (DCF). The clock division is mainly caused by the modulation competition between two wavelength components while both of them satisfy the harmonic mode-locking condition at the newly generated frequency. Stable second, third, and fourth clock divisions are obtained by properly adjusting the polarization controllers inside the ring cavity when a 10-GHz clock signal without any sub-harmonic frequency component is injected into the cavity. The radio-frequency spectra show good qualities of the obtained clock division trains.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
  • Lasers, Semiconductor*
  • Oscillometry / instrumentation*
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*