An electronically wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser using an all-fiber acoustooptic tunable filter

Author

Jeon, Min-Yong ; Lee, Hak Kyu ; Kim, Kyong Hon ; Lee, El-Hang ; Yun, Seok Hyun ; Kim, Byoung Yoon ; Koh, Yeon Wan

Author_Institution

ETRI, Taejon, South Korea

Volume

8

Issue

12

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1618

Lastpage

1620

Abstract

We have demonstrated a novel scheme of a continuously wavelength-tunable and passively mode-locked fiber laser by using the sliding frequency effect of an all-fiber acoustooptic tunable filter. Stable and nearly transform-limited pulses of 800-fs pulsewidth were produced with this laser scheme for a wavelength tuning range of 17 nm at around 1550 nm.

Keywords

acousto-optical filters; erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser accessories; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser tuning; 1550 nm; 800 fs; all-fiber acoustooptic tunable filter; continuously wavelength-tunable laser; electronically wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser; laser scheme; passively mode-locked fiber laser; pulsewidth; sliding frequency effect; transform-limited pulses; wavelength tuning range; Acoustic waves; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.544696

Filename

544696