Chemical sensing using a piezo-electric tunable erbium fiber ring distributed feedback laser

Author

Buric, Michael P. ; Wang, QingQing ; Falk, Joel ; Chen, Kevin P. ; Canning, John

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Pittsburgh Univ., Pittsburgh, PA

fYear

2008

fDate

7-10 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

This paper presents a rapid wavelength modulation of a distributed feedback laser using a piezo-electric actuator. The laser power was passively stabilized in a ring cavity. Wavelength modulation absorption spectroscopy was demonstrated for C₂H₂ sensing.

Keywords

chemical sensors; distributed feedback lasers; erbium; fibre lasers; fibre optic sensors; laser cavity resonators; laser stability; laser tuning; optical modulation; ring lasers; spectrochemical analysis; JkJk:Er; chemical sensing; distributed feedback laser; erbium fiber ring laser; laser power stabilization; piezoelectric actuator; piezoelectric tunable laser; rapid wavelength modulation; ring cavity; wavelength modulation absorption spectroscopy; Chemical lasers; Distributed feedback devices; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Laser stability; Piezoelectric actuators; Power lasers; Ring lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the

Conference_Location

Sydney

Print_ISBN

978-0-85825-807-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-85825-807-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610375

Filename

4610375