Title :
Flexibly tunable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser using dispersion-shifted fiber and digital micromirror device
Author :
Bong-Ahn Yu ; Woojin Shin ; Tae Joong Eom ; Yeung Lak Lee ; Jongmin Lee ; Do-Kyeong Ko
Author_Institution :
Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Gwangju, South Korea
Abstract :
We report a tunable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser incorporating dispersion-shifted fiber and digital micromirror device. The flexible allocation of wavelengths is achieved by controlling micromirrors. Up to 13 channels with 0.8 nm spacing are generated.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser tuning; micromirrors; multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; JkJk:Er; digital micromirror device; dispersion-shifted fiber; flexible wavelength allocation; four-wave mixing; tunable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Micromirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Tunable circuits and devices;
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.2008.4528173
