title: Broadband output from an actively mode-locked fiber ring laser.
abstract: Nonlinear effects are invoked with the inclusion of a dispersion shifted fiber in the cavity of an actively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser. The spectrally broadened output is analyzed both in the time and the spectral domains for different lengths of this specialty fiber. A maximum spectral width of 52 nm is achieved at a pump power of 180 mW under optimized conditions in this configuration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India.
authors.forename: Deepa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Venkitesh
authors.forename: Aditi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vijaya