Title :
Electrically wavelength tunable active mode-locked fiber laser using a phase modulator as both mode locker and wavelength selector
Author :
Huy Quoc Lam ; Shum, Ping ; Le Nguyen Binh ; Gong, Y.D. ; Fu Songnian ; Ming Tang
Author_Institution :
Network Technol. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a 10 GHz electrically wavelength tunable active mode-locked fiber laser with a phase modulator serving as both mode locker and wavelength selector. Tuning of 4 nm with 1.2 V bias voltage is obtained.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical modulation; phase modulation; bias voltage; electrically wavelength tunable active mode-locked fiber laser; frequency 10 GHz; mode locker; phase modulator; tuning; voltage 1.2 V; wavelength selector; Fiber lasers; Filters; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Phase modulation; Tunable circuits and devices; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528170
