Title :
Widely and fast wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser at 1.55μm region using intracavity dispersion
Author :
Asano, Masahiro ; Yamashita, Shinji ; Hsu, Kevin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo
Abstract :
We realized a wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser using intracavity dispersion. Continuous tuning over 100 nm was obtained at a sweep rate of 20 kHz. Discrete tuning was achieved over 39 nm by inserting a FFPI into the cavity.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical dispersion; continuous tuning; discrete tuning; intracavity dispersion; mode-locked fiber laser; wavelength 1.55 mum; wavelength-tunable laser; Bandwidth; Fiber lasers; Filters; Frequency modulation; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical tuning; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (140.3600) Lasers, tunable;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628351
