Title :
Travelling-wave erbium-doped fibre loop laser
Author :
Cowle, G.J. ; Payne, D.N. ; Reid, D.
Author_Institution :
Opt.-Fibre Group, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
The authors describe a new Er3+-doped fibre laser configuration which produces single-longitudinal-mode operation in the 1.5 μm region with less than 10 kHz linewidth. The fibre laser operates in a travelling-wave mode, preventing spatial holeburning. An added advantage of the configuration is that it allows precise and stable setting of the laser wavelength
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; laser modes; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; ring lasers; 1.5 micron; Er3+-doped fibre laser configuration; fibre loop laser; frequency selective reflector; single-longitudinal-mode operation; travelling-wave mode;
Conference_Titel :
Sources for Coherent Optical Communication, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London