Electrooptic narrow linewidth wavelength tuning and intensity modulation of an erbium fiber ring laser

Author

Chollet, Franck ; Goedgebuer, Jean-Pierre ; Porte, Henri ; Hamel, A.

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Opt. P.M. Duffieux, Univ. de Franche-Comte, Besancon, France

Volume

8

Issue

8

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1009

Lastpage

1011

Abstract

We report an electrically tunable fiber laser featuring a 50-channel wavelength switching capability with a 0.2 nm linewidth and -20 dB crosstalk. The laser consists of an Er-doped fiber resonator and an electro-optic TE-TM convertor used as a wavelength tunable filter. It allows wavelength tuning over a spectral range of 10 nm with a tuning rate of 0.05 nm/V and a linewidth of 0.06 nm.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; erbium; fibre lasers; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; ring lasers; spectral line breadth; Er-doped fiber resonator; crosstalk; electro-optic TE-TM convertor; electrooptic narrow linewidth wavelength tuning; erbium fiber ring laser; intensity modulation; linewidth; spectral range; tuning rate; wavelength switching capability; wavelength tunable filter; wavelength tuning; Converters; Crosstalk; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Intensity modulation; Laser tuning; Lasers and electrooptics; Resonator filters; Ring lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.508720

Filename

508720