Title :
Detuning characteristics of fiber Bragg grating stabilized 980 nm pump lasers
Author :
Mohrdiek, S. ; Achtenhagen, M. ; Harder, C. ; Hardy, A.
Author_Institution :
JDS Uniphase, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We investigate wavelength detuning effects between ridge waveguide 980 nm pump laser-fiber Bragg grating (FBG) pairs. A design point suppressing single-mode to multi-mode switching under coherence collapse is experimentally and theoretically developed.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; laser beams; laser modes; laser tuning; optical fibers; optical pumping; optical switches; ridge waveguides; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; 980 nm; coherence collapse; design point; detuning characteristics; fiber Bragg grating stabilized pump lasers; multi-mode switching; ridge waveguide pump laser-fiber Bragg grating pairs; single-mode switching; single-mode to multi-mode switching; wavelength detuning effects; Bragg gratings; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser stability; Laser theory; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868554
