Title :
Tunable fiber laser using electroholography
Author :
Sapiens, N. ; Agranat, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
A tunable fiber laser composed of an EDFA ring resonator and an electroholographic switching element is presented. Tunability is accomplished by electric field multiplexing of volume holograms. The performance envelope of two architectures is discussed.
Keywords :
electro-optical switches; erbium; fibre lasers; holographic optical elements; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; ring lasers; EDFA ring resonator; electric field multiplexing; electroholographic switching element; tunable fiber laser; volume holograms; Bragg gratings; Diffraction; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser theory; Optical coupling; Optical ring resonators; Ring lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549133
