title: Repetition-rate-selective, wavelength-tunable mode-locked laser at up to 640 GHz.
abstract: We demonstrate a tunable passively mode-locked fiber laser with a selectable repetition rate of up to 640 GHz. The mode-locking mechanism is based on dissipative four-wave mixing in combination with a programmable optical processor as the spectral filter. We achieve up to 20 nm wavelength tunability and present mode-locked operation at repetition rates between 40 and 640 GHz. Measurements of the power spectra using a cross-phase modulation technique confirm the mode locking.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Institute of Photonics and Optical Sciences(IPOS), School of Physics A28, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia. j.schroeder@physics.usyd.edu.au
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: Trung D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Vo
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Eggleton