Title :
Multiple wavelength and wavelength switchable actively mode-locked laser based on semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
He, Jinwei ; Chan, K.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
In this paper, a novel multi-wavelength and wavelength switchable actively mode-locked ring laser based on a semiconductor optical amplifier and cascaded fiber Bragg gratings has been proposed and discussed. Stable wavelength switchable mode-locked pulses have been obtained. Simultaneous multi-wavelength operation is also demonstrated using this scheme through properly designing the length of the ring cavity and the spacing between adjacent gratings.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical pulse generation; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; actively mode-locked laser; cascaded fiber Bragg gratings; mode-locked pulses; multiple wavelength laser; ring cavity; ring laser; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength switchable laser; Communication switching; Frequency; Gratings; High speed optical techniques; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1276996
