Single-polarization wavelength-tunable fiber laser with a nonreciprocal cavity

Author

Hua, Yimin ; Conradi, Jan

Author_Institution

TRLabs, Edmonton, Alta., Canada

Volume

13

Issue

9

fYear

1995

fDate

9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1913

Lastpage

1918

Abstract

Unidirectional, continuously tunable, and polarized oscillation in an erbium doped fiber ring laser is demonstrated without an isolator. Nonreciprocal oscillation is realized with one polarization splitter and two polarization controllers. Fine tuning is realized with fiber birefringence. The laser spectrum is continuously tunable from 1530 to 1560 nm with line widths less than 0.2 nm; the degree of polarization at the output is 92%

Keywords

birefringence; erbium; fibre lasers; laser tuning; optical fibre polarisation; ring lasers; spectral line breadth; 1530 to 1560 nm; continuously tunable; erbium doped fiber ring laser; fiber birefringence; fine tuning; laser spectrum; line widths; nonreciprocal cavity; nonreciprocal oscillation; polarization controllers; polarization splitter; polarized oscillation; single-polarization wavelength-tunable fiber laser; unidirectional; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Isolators; Laser tuning; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Ring lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Location

9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.464727

Filename

464727