title: Mode-locked fiber laser with a fiber phase modulator.
abstract: FM mode-locked operation of a single-mode Nd(3+)-doped fiber laser has been achieved with an integrated fiber phase modulator. The technique permits a low-loss cavity configuration, resulting in low threshold and high slope efficiency. Pulses of ~200-psec duration are observed at a repetition rate of 417 MHz with an average output power of 15 mW.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kino
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Patterson