Nonlinear Optical Loop Mirror Switch (NOLM) for Coding High Repetition Model-Locked Semiconductor Laser Pulses

摘要

A high frequency (33 GHz) optical pulse train from a monolithic mode-locked semiconductor laser at #lambda# = 1542 nm by using a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM). This technique provides a scheme of optical coding of a high repetition rate optical pulse source and can simultaneously perform N x 1 multi-wavelength conversion.