Single-polarization generation in fiber Fabry-Perot laser by self-injection locking in short feedback cavity

Author

Hsu, Kevin ; Yamashita, Shinji

Author_Institution

Micron Opt. Inc., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

19

Issue

4

fYear

2001

fDate

4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

520

Lastpage

526

Abstract

Single-frequency and single-polarization lasing can be generated in a compact self-injection locked fiber Fabry-Perot laser with a short fiber Bragg grating feedback cavity. No discrete polarization control components are required. Different wavelengths actress the laser gain bandwidth can be generated by an appropriate combination of cavity designs and feedback fiber Bragg gratings. A 10-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero transmission test demonstrates the laser´s applicability for optical fiber communications

Keywords

Bragg gratings; Fabry-Perot resonators; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical fibre polarisation; Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero transmission test; cavity designs; compact self-injection locked fiber Fabry-Perot laser; feedback fiber Bragg gratings; fiber Fabry-Perot laser; laser gain bandwidth; optical fiber communications; self-injection locking; short feedback cavity; short fiber Bragg grating feedback cavity; single-polarization generation; Bandwidth; Communication system control; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Optical design; Optical feedback; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.920850

Filename

920850