• DocumentCode
    2786912
  • Title

    FM laser operation in SOA-based fiber ring lasers

  • Author

    Girard, Simon Lambert ; Chen, Hongxin ; Schinn, Gregory W. ; Piché, Michel

  • Author_Institution
    Centre d¿Optique, Photonique et Laser, Université Laval, Québec, Qc, G1K 7P4, Canada
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present methods for controlling both laser linewidth and lineshape via FM laser operation for tunable single frequency oscillated SOA-based fiber ring lasers, using either phase modulation, or amplitude modulation, or current modulation of SOA.
  • Keywords
    Amplitude modulation; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Frequency modulation; Laser theory; Phase modulation; Quantum cascade lasers; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431298
  • Filename
    4431298