title: 40-gHz, 100-fs stimulated-Brillouin-scattering-free pulse generation by combining a mode-locked laser diode and a dispersion-decreasing fiber.
abstract: A 40-GHz, 100-fs pulse train was successfully generated by soliton compression of a mode-locked laser diode (MLLD) pulse with a dispersion-decreasing fiber. The MLLD had a longitudinal mode linewidth as broad as 60 MHz, which made it possible to suppress stimulated Brillouin scattering and achieve stable, ultrahigh-speed pulse compression without applying external frequency modulation.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan. hagiuda@riec.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ken-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hagiuda
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirooka
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arahira
authors.forename: Yoh
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogawa