Accurate fast wavelength switching of an erbium-doped fiber laser with a Fabry-Perot semiconductor filter

Author

Li, Shenping ; Chiang, K.S. ; Gambling, W.A.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Res. Centre, City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

615

Abstract

We have demonstrated a simple passive method for realizing fast accurate wavelength switching in a fiber laser. We have shown that the optical nonlinearity in the Fabry-Perot semiconductor filter can suppress relaxation oscillations effectively and stabilize the laser output. A clean wavelength switching in less than 25 μs has been achieved

Keywords

Bragg gratings; Fabry-Perot resonators; electro-optical filters; erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser stability; laser tuning; Fabry-Perot semiconductor filter; accurate fast wavelength switching; all-optical negative feedback; cascaded FBG; erbium-doped fiber laser; laser output stabilization; optical nonlinearity; relaxation oscillations suppression; simple passive method; standing cavity; wavelength tuning; Artificial intelligence; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fabry-Perot; Laser tuning; Lighting control; Optical control; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Semiconductor lasers; Tires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE

Conference_Location

Rio Grande

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5947-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2000.893992

Filename

893992