Title :
Towards the short-wavelength limit at 1450 nm in a widely tunable erbium-doped fiber laser
Author :
Hung, Chi-Ming ; Chen, Nan-Kuang ; Lai, Yinchieh ; Chi, Sien
Author_Institution :
Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu
Abstract :
We demonstrate a widely tunable fiber ring laser over 1451.9-1548.1 nm with temperature tuning efficiency as high as 57.3 nm/degC by using a 16-m-long standard silica-based erbium-doped fiber under 980-nm pump power of 208 mW.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical pumping; ring lasers; silicon compounds; SiO2:Er; power 208 mW; pump power; ring laser; short-wavelength limit; silica-based erbium-doped fiber; size 16 m; temperature tuning efficiency; tunable erbium-doped fiber laser; wavelength 1450 nm; wavelength 1451.9 nm to 1548.1 nm; wavelength 980 nm; Biomedical optical imaging; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Filters; Laser tuning; Optical fiber communication; Optical tuning; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; Temperature; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452476
