Demonstration of an ultra-high frequency picosecond pulse generator using an SBS frequency comb and self phase-locking

Opt Express. 2012 Aug 13;20(17):19455-62. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.019455.

Abstract

We propose a method to generate phase-locked pulses in the picosecond regime by using Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS). The phase-locked comb is generated using only long length of fiber and a single frequency CW pump laser. We show that there is a phase relationship between multiple Stokes peaks in a cavity, which directly leads to pulsing without the need to add a mode-locking component. This generates highly coherent pulses in the order of ~10 ps. The repetition frequency, which is very stable is in the order of tens of GHz, is based on the SBS frequency shift and has a linear dependence with temperature (1 MHz/°C). Such a laser could therefore be used in high-speed optical clocks and optical communication system. This system allows the pulses to be generated at any wavelength by simply changing the pump wavelength.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Telecommunications / instrumentation*