title: Pulse selection at 1 MHz with electrooptic fiber switch.
abstract: Two 78-cm long electrooptic fibers with nonlinear coefficient χ((2)) ~0.26 pm/V are used in a Sagnac loop for pulse selection at up to 1 MHz repetition rate. Laser pulses of 1.5 µm wavelength arriving at every 140 ns are selected with an extinction ratio as high as -30 dB. The arrangement is entirely based on silica fiber.
authors.affiliation: Laser Physics, Dept of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Roslagstullsbacken 21, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. mm@laserphysics.kth.se
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malmström
authors.forename: Oleksandr
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tarasenko
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Margulis
mesh_terms: D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*