Title :
Wavelength-locked 980 nm semiconductor lasers for bidirectional pumping of erbium-doped fibres
Author :
Ghislotti, G. ; Ferrari, A. ; Balsamo, S. ; Spano, V. ; Trezzi, E. ; Morasca, S.
Author_Institution :
Corning O.T.I, Milan, Italy
fDate :
11/21/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new pump stabilisation scheme is used to pump an erbium-doped fibre coil bidirectionally at 980 nm. Operating conditions to lock the wavelength of a non-stabilised 980 nm pump laser using external injection from a grating stabilised laser are discussed.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; erbium; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; 980 nm; Er-doped fibre amplifiers; FBG stabilised laser; bidirectional pumping; external injection; grating stabilised laser; pump stabilisation scheme; wavelength-locked semiconductor lasers; wavelength-locking operating conditions;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20021023
