Title :
An electronically wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser using an all-fiber acoustooptic tunable filter
Author :
Jeon, Min-Yong ; Lee, Hak Kyu ; Kim, Kyong Hon ; Lee, El-Hang ; Yun, Seok Hyun ; Kim, Byoung Yoon ; Koh, Yeon Wan
Author_Institution :
ETRI, Taejon, South Korea
Abstract :
We have demonstrated a novel scheme of a continuously wavelength-tunable and passively mode-locked fiber laser by using the sliding frequency effect of an all-fiber acoustooptic tunable filter. Stable and nearly transform-limited pulses of 800-fs pulsewidth were produced with this laser scheme for a wavelength tuning range of 17 nm at around 1550 nm.
Keywords :
acousto-optical filters; erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser accessories; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser tuning; 1550 nm; 800 fs; all-fiber acoustooptic tunable filter; continuously wavelength-tunable laser; electronically wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser; laser scheme; passively mode-locked fiber laser; pulsewidth; sliding frequency effect; transform-limited pulses; wavelength tuning range; Acoustic waves; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Tunable circuits and devices;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
