• DocumentCode
    1830315
  • Title

    Continuously tunable multiwavelength fiber ring laser using nonlinear polarization rotation of SOA with external optical injection

  • Author

    Fu, Songnian ; Zhong, Wen-De ; Shum, P. ; Lin, Chinlon

  • Author_Institution
    Network Technol. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report a both channel-spacing- and wavelength-tunable multiwavelegnth fiber laser using nonlinear polarization rotation of SOA. Simultaneous oscillation of 20 wavelengths with 0.8 nm spacing is continuously tuned by varying the power of externally injected laser.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; laser tuning; optical rotation; ring lasers; external optical injection; externally injected laser; fiber ring laser; nonlinear polarization rotation; size 0.8 nm; wavelength-tunable multiwavelegnth fiber laser; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices; (060.2310) Fiber optics; (140.3510) Lasers, Fiber;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2606-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-865-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5032861