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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1997
Prem Kumar, Skokie, IL (US);
Donald L. Sipes, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Douglas W. Anthon, Wheaton, IL (US);
William L. Kath, Evanston, IL (US);
Darwin K. Serkland, Greenfield, WI (US);
Timothy C. Munks, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
A highly stable soliton source uses a bulk Er/Yb glass laser which operates in two longitudinal modes of the laser cavity with substantially identical amplitudes to generate beat modulation. The beat modulation is then passed through a pulse compression fiber which compresses the beat modulation into a train of soliton pulses. Because the beat modulation is between two modes of the same laser cavity, the soliton pulse train generated is highly stable with low timing jitter.