Title : 
Keyed axis single-polarisation all-fibre DFB laser
         
        
            Author : 
Fu, L.B. ; Ibsen, M. ; Turner, P.W. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Payne, D.N.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Optoelectronics Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
11/21/2002 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A single-polarised D-shaped fibre DFB laser with keyed axis output is demonstrated. The laser shows an output power of 3.8 dBm and strong axis alignment when spliced to a polarisation maintaining fibre.
         
        
            Keywords : 
distributed feedback lasers; fibre lasers; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre polarisation; PANDA fibre splicing; keyed axis output; keyed axis single-polarisation all-fibre DFB laser; output power; polarisation maintaining fibre; single-polarised D-shaped fibre DFB laser; strong axis alignment;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:20021022