Frequency stabilization of DBR fiber grating laser using interferometric technique

Author

Chung, W.H. ; Tam, H.Y. ; Demokan, M.S. ; Wai, P.K.A. ; Lu, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech., China

Volume

13

Issue

9

fYear

2001

Firstpage

951

Lastpage

953

Abstract

A technique for stabilizing the center frequency of a short cavity DBR fiber grating laser is reported. This method employs an all-fiber unbalanced-arm scanning Michelson interferometer as a frequency discriminator. Long-term frequency fluctuation of the tested fiber grating laser was improved from /spl plusmn/480 MHz to less than /spl plusmn/30 MHz.

Keywords

Michelson interferometers; diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; fibre lasers; fluctuations; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; light interferometry; optical fabrication; optical fibre communication; optical testing; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; DBR fiber grating laser; WDM; all-fiber unbalanced-arm scanning Michelson interferometer; center frequency; fiber grating laser; frequency discriminator; frequency stabilization; interferometric technique; long-term frequency fluctuation; short cavity DBR fiber grating laser; tested laser; Bragg gratings; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser stability; Optical fibers; Pump lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.942657

Filename

942657