Title :
Multiwavelength SOA-based fiber ring laser with tunable wavelength spacing using a programmable high-birefringence fiber loop mirror
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate a stable, room-temperature multiwavelength SOA-based fiber ring laser with tunable wavelength spacing using a programmable high-birefringence fiber loop mirror. We obtain 6 or 11 wavelengths with 1.6 nm or 3.2 nm wavelength spacing.
Keywords :
birefringence; fibre lasers; infrared spectra; laser mirrors; laser tuning; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1.6 nm; 293 to 298 K; 3.2 nm; SOA; fiber ring laser; high-birefringence fiber loop mirror; semiconductor optical amplifier; tunable wavelength spacing; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Reflectivity; Ring lasers; Switches; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253174
