Title :
Brillouin/erbium fibre lasers for multiple wavelength generation
Author :
Cowle, Gregory J. ; Stepanmov, D.Yu.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia
Abstract :
A novel Brillouin/erbium fibre laser is described which uses a combination of Brillouin gain and gain in erbium-doped fibre. The laser can produce a laser comb with spacing of 10 GHz, with potential for applications in dense wavelength division multiplexing.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; optical communication equipment; stimulated Brillouin scattering; wavelength division multiplexing; Brillouin fibre laser; Brillouin gain; dense wavelength division multiplexing; erbium fibre lasers; laser comb; multiple wavelength generation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
