Wavelength switching of semiconductor laser pulses by self-seeding from a chirped fiber Bragg grating

Author

Ding, Hao ; Li, Shenping ; Fang, Zujie ; Chan, Kam Tai

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Volume

9

Issue

7

fYear

1997

fDate

7/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

901

Lastpage

903

Abstract

Wavelength switching of four wavelengths spanning 5.1 nm was realized by gain switching and self-seeding of a commercial Fabry-Perot (F-P) laser diode with a single in-fiber linearly chirped Bragg grating as the external cavity. A driving frequency up to 2 GHz was used and single mode operation with a side mode suppression ratio of 10 dB overall and 25 dB at best was achieved.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot resonators; chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; electro-optical switches; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical fibres; semiconductor lasers; 2 GHz; chirped fiber Bragg grating; commercial Fabry-Perot laser diode; driving frequency; electrical wavelength switching; external cavity; gain switching; self-seeding; semiconductor laser pulses; side mode suppression ratio; single in-fiber linearly chirped Bragg grating; single mode operation; wavelength switching; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Diode lasers; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Optical sensors; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.593340

Filename

593340