• DocumentCode
    2017708
  • Title

    Optical control of birefringence for loop mirror comb filter tuning using a semiconductor optical amplifier

  • Author

    Lee, K.L. ; Fok, Mable P. ; Wan, S.M. ; Shu, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2004
  • Firstpage
    398
  • Abstract
    This work reports on an optically tunable loop mirror comb filter (LMF) incorporated with a SOA and a piece of polarization maintaining fiber (PMF). Optical comb tuning is achieved by injecting a control light into the SOA. By changing the birefringence of the SOA using a control light, an optically controlled comb tuning is successfully demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; comb filters; optical control; optical fibre polarisation; optical filters; optical tuning; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; birefringence optical control; optically tunable loop mirror comb filter; polarization maintaining fiber; semiconductor optical amplifier; Birefringence; Lighting control; Mirrors; Optical control; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical tuning; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8557-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363279
  • Filename
    1363279