Title :
Optical lightwave synthesizer
Author :
Möller, Lothar ; Leich, Martin
Author_Institution :
Commun. Technol. Lab., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
fDate :
3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel optical method to assemble an optical lightwave synthesizer or a tunable laser source based on multiple exploitation of frequency-shifting devices is demonstrated. Different optical frequencies are accessible out of a frequency comb using one of several linear or nonlinear filter processes that follow spectral spreading and despreading of laser light
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical frequency conversion; spread spectrum communication; Fabry Perot filters; frequency comb; frequency-shifting devices; laser light spectral despreading; laser light spectral spreading; linear filter processes; multiple exploitation; nonlinear filter processes; optical fiber loops; optical fibre amplifiers; optical frequencies; optical lightwave synthesizer; ring resonators; tunable laser source; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Stimulated emission; Synthesizers;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
