Precisely and rapidly wavelength-switchable narrow-linewidth 1.5-μm laser source for wavelength division multiplexing applications

Author

Libatique, Nathaniel J C ; Jain, Ravinder K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

11

Issue

12

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1584

Lastpage

1586

Abstract

We report the design and demonstration of a novel narrow-linewidth fiber laser that is switchable (at microsecond speeds) to precise predesignated wavelengths. This simple multiwavelength source, based on off-the-shelf components (fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and fiber Fabry-Perot filters), appears very promising for wavelength-division multiplexing.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; fibre lasers; laser transitions; optical fibre filters; spectral line breadth; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.5 mum; fiber Bragg gratings; fiber Fabry-Perot filters; microsecond speeds; multiwavelength source; narrow-linewidth fiber laser; off-the-shelf components; precise predesignated wavelengths; rapidly wavelength-switchable narrow-linewidth 1.5-/spl mu/m laser source; wavelength division multiplexing applications; wavelength-division multiplexing; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Filters; Laser tuning; Optical arrays; Optical design; Semiconductor laser arrays; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.806854

Filename

806854