DocumentCode
1131781
Title
All-Fiber 
-Switched Ring Laser With Increased Repetition Rate
Author
Cheng, X.P. ; Shum, P. ; Tse, C.H. ; Wu, R.F. ; Tan, W.C. ; Tang, M. ; Zhang, J.
Author_Institution
Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Volume
20
Issue
10
fYear
2008
fDate
5/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
764
Lastpage
766
Abstract
We demonstrate a novel approach to increase the Q-switching repetition rate of the fiber ring laser. This Q-switched fiber laser integrates an apodized fiber-Bragg-grating (FBG) reflector and a Fabry-Perot (FP) etalon constructed from cascaded chirped FBGs into the cavity. The apodized FBG reflector acts as wavelength discriminative component for oscillation, while the FP etalon is tuned periodically using the piezoelectric transducer (PZT) and functions as a Q-switching component. By adjusting the tuning range of the FP etalon, we obtain 3.5-, 7-, and 14-kHz Q-switched pulses train with constant PZT modulation frequency of 3.5 kHz.
Keywords
Bragg gratings; Fabry-Perot interferometers; Q-switching; fibre lasers; piezoelectric transducers; Fabry-Perot etalon; Q-switching repetition rate; fiber ring laser; fiber-Bragg-grating reflector; frequency 3.5 kHz; piezoelectric transducers; Bragg gratings; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Frequency modulation; Laser tuning; Optical fiber testing; Piezoelectric transducers; Pulse modulation; Ring lasers; ${Q}$
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2008.921091
Filename
4490018
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