Mode-Hop-Free, Optical Frequency Tunable 40-GHz Mode-Locked Fiber Laser

Author

Yoshida, Masato ; Kasai, Keisuke ; Nakazawa, Masataka

Author_Institution

Tohoku Univ., Miyagi

Volume

43

Issue

8

fYear

2007

Firstpage

704

Lastpage

708

Abstract

We have successfully achieved a mode-hop-free, optical frequency tunable 3-ps 40-GHz mode-locked fiber laser by installing an optical etalon in a 6.8-m laser cavity. The laser frequency was continuously tuned over 1 GHz without mode hopping by tuning the etalon peak frequency. The oscillation wavelength was also tuned over 1535-1560 nm by tuning an optical bandpass filter installed in the laser cavity.

Keywords

band-pass filters; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser tuning; light interferometers; millimetre wave lasers; optical filters; frequency 40 GHz; laser cavity; mode-hop-free fiber laser; mode-locked fiber laser; optical bandpass filter; optical etalon; oscillation wavelength; time 3 ps; wavelength 1535 nm to 1560 nm; wavelength 6.8 m; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Tunable circuits and devices; Frequency tunable; mode locking; mode-hop-free; optical communication; optical fiber laser; optical metrology; optical pulse generation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2007.901289

Filename

4276835