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Spectral Comb Stabilization of a Mode-Locked Semiconductor Fiber Ring Laser by External Optical Injection

외부 광주입에 의한 모드 잠금된 고리형 광섬유 레이저의 스펙트럼 빗살 안정화

  • 서동선 (명지대학교 전자공학과)
  • Received : 2011.11.29
  • Accepted : 2011.12.22
  • Published : 2011.12.30
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Abstract

The effects of external continuous wave optical injection on spectral comb of a 10 GHz harmonically mode-locked semiconductor fiber ring laser have been studied. Greater than 40 dB spectral deeps in the spectral comb and greater than 30 dB reduction of supermode beating noise are achieved by injecting coherent light with ~ 100 KHz spectral width. To examine the possibility of using a low-cost seed source, we replace the seed source by a DFB laser with ~ 10 MHz spectral width. It shows similar spectral deeps, however supermode beating noise enhancement, rather than reduction, is observed.

10 GHz 고조파 모드잠금 고리형 반도체 광섬유 레이저의 외부 CW 광주입 효과를 연구하였다. 선폭 ~ 100 KHz의 코히어런트 외부 광주입에 의해 40 dB가 넘는 스펙트럼 빗살의 골짜기와 30 dB가 넘는 슈퍼모드 비팅 잡음 억제효과를 얻을 수 있었다. 저가의 주입광원을 이용할 수 있는지를 조사하기 위해 주입광을 대략 10 MHz의 선폭을 갖는 DFB 레이저로 교체하였다. 그 결과, 스펙트럼 빗살의 골짜기는 유사한 특성을 보였으나, 슈퍼모드 비팅 잡음은 억제되기보다는 오히려 증가하는 것으로 관측되었다.

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