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New methods to generate wavelength-tunable pulses from semiconductor and fiber lasers using the dispersion tuning approach.

Lee Ka-lun. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.ii / Acknowledgment --- p.v / Table of contents --- p.vi / List of figure --- p.viii / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1. --- Generation of picosecond pulses from semiconductor laser and fiber laser --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2. --- Wavelength tunable pulse generated from semiconductor laser --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3. --- Wavelength tunable pulse generated from erbium doped fiber laser --- p.7 / Chapter 1.4. --- Structure of the thesis --- p.8 / Chapter 2. --- Principles and Theories --- p.13 / Chapter 2.1. --- Principle of dispersion tuning --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1.1. --- Dependence on the strength of dispersion --- p.16 / Chapter 2.1.2. --- Wavelength selection in time domain --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1.3. --- Compensated dispersion tuning in a dispersion balanced fiber ring --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2. --- Optical gating using Nonlinear Optical Loop Mirror (NOLM) incorporated with nonlinear element --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3. --- Principle of compensated dispersion tuning in harmonically mode- locked fiber laser incorporated with linearly chirped fiber grating (LCFG) --- p.26 / Chapter 2.4. --- Principle of compensated dispersion tuning in self-seeding configuration --- p.29 / Chapter 2.5. --- Principle of dual-wavelength operation in harmonically mode-locked fiber laser --- p.31 / Chapter 3. --- Preliminarily experimental study --- p.33 / Chapter 3.1. --- Wavelength selection using strong and weak dispersive medium --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2. --- NOLM as a fast optical modulator --- p.38 / Chapter 4. --- Self-compensated dispersion-tuning in mode-locked fiber laser using bi- directional transit in a linearly chirped fiber grating --- p.41 / Chapter 4.1. --- Introduction --- p.42 / Chapter 4.2. --- Experimental Details --- p.43 / Chapter 4.3. --- Results and discussion --- p.47 / Chapter 4.4. --- Summary --- p.54 / Chapter 5. --- Generation of wavelength tunable pulses from a self-seeded semiconductor laser using an optically controlled Nonlinear Optical Loop Modulator (NOLM) incorporated with a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA) --- p.56 / Chapter 5.1. --- Introduction --- p.57 / Chapter 5.2. --- Experimental Details --- p.58 / Chapter 5.3. --- Results and discussion --- p.64 / Chapter 5.4. --- Summary --- p.71 / Chapter 6. --- Alternate and Simultaneous Generation of 1 GHz Dual-Wavelength Pulses from an Electrically-Tunable Harmonically Mode-locked Fiber Laser --- p.74 / Chapter 6.1. --- Introduction --- p.75 / Chapter 6.2. --- Experimental Details --- p.76 / Chapter 6.3. --- Results and discussion --- p.80 / Chapter 6.4. --- Summary --- p.87 / Chapter 7. --- Conclusion and Future works --- p.89 / Chapter 7.1. --- Conclusion --- p.89 / Chapter 7.2. --- Future works --- p.93 / Appendix --- p.A-l / List of Publication --- p.A-l

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_323214
Date January 2000
ContributorsLee, Ka-lun., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Electronic Engineering.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, xi, 93, 1 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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