title: Phase-coherent repetition rate multiplication of a mode-locked laser from 40 MHz to 1 GHz by injection locking.
abstract: We have used injection locking to multiply the repetition rate of a passively mode-locked femtosecond fiber laser from 40 MHz to 1 GHz while preserving optical phase coherence between the master laser and the slave output. The system is implemented almost completely in fiber and incorporates gain and passive saturable absorption. The slave repetition rate is set to a rational harmonic of the master repetition rate, inducing pulse formation at the least common multiple of the master and slave repetition rates.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University, Nathan QLD 4111, Australia. dave.kielpinski@gmail.com
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mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D055100:Optical Fibers; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*