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
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;
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
