Title :
Wavelength-switching single-longitudinal-mode fiber ring laser based on cascaded composite Sagnac loop filters
Author :
Farokhrooz, Fatima ; Kim, Chang-Seok ; Sharma, Utkarsh ; Sova, Raymond M. ; Kang, Jin U.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
Composite fiber Sagnac loop filters are cascaded to demonstrate a high finesse transmission spectrum for an electro-optical wavelength-switching fiber ring laser. Stable single longitudinal mode operation is also achieved by employing Sagnac loop saturable absorber filter.
Keywords :
electro-optical switches; fibre lasers; laser modes; optical fibre filters; optical saturable absorption; ring lasers; cascaded composite fiber Sagnac loop filters; electro-optical wavelength-switching; fiber ring laser; finesse transmission spectrum; optical saturable absorption; single-longitudinal-mode operation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
