• DocumentCode
    2735379
  • Title

    Influence of the cavity loss on the tunability of a multiwavelength EDF laser

  • Author

    Zamzuri, A.K. ; Ahmad, H. ; Abdullah, M.K. ; Romli, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Malaya Univ., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    75
  • Abstract
    A tuning range analysis of a dual cavity erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) is presented here. The stress is given on the dependency of the tuning range on the cavity loss in each ring. This study was made possible by incorporating an intra-cavity variable attenuator in both of the rings. By proper adjustment of the variable attenuators, both the signals can be made tunable over a spectral range of close to 50 nm covering almost the whole EDF spectrum, at any channel separation
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical fibre losses; telecommunication channels; cavity loss; channel separation; dual cavity erbium doped fiber laser; intra-cavity variable attenuator; laser tunability; multiwavelength EDF laser; spectral range; tuning range; tuning range analysis; variable attenuators; whole EDF spectrum; Attenuators; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Filters; Isolators; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Leg; Pump lasers; Ring lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    TENCON 2000. Proceedings
  • Conference_Location
    Kuala Lumpur
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6355-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/TENCON.2000.892226
  • Filename
    892226