DocumentCode
3496759
Title
Single-Frequency Operation of a Widely Tunable SOA-Based Fiber Ring Laser
Author
Hongxin, Chen ; Gang, He ; Babin, Francois ; Schinn, Gregory W.
Author_Institution
EXFO Electro-Opt. Eng. Inc., Que.
fYear
2006
fDate
Oct. 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
In a SOA-based fiber ring laser, tunable over the range 1450 nm to 1640 nm, a "wide" intra-cavity filter leads, counter-intuitively, to singlemode oscillation, whereas a "narrow" filter results in multimode oscillation. However, multimode oscillation is always observed in the red part of the gain curve, above about 1615 nm.
Keywords
fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical filters; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1450 to 1640 nm; intra-cavity filter; laser gain curve; multimode oscillation; narrow filter bandwidth; single-frequency operation; singlemode oscillation; tunable SOA-based fiber ring laser; Bandwidth; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Filters; Laser modes; Laser noise; Optical fiber testing; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication & Optoelectronic Exposition & Conference, 2006. AOE 2006. Asian
Conference_Location
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN
978-0-9789217-0-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AOE.2006.307352
Filename
4100053
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