Title :
Widely tunable fiber ring laser with EDFA/SOA
Author :
Xu, Lei ; Wang, Bing C. ; Baby, Varghese ; Glesk, Ivan ; Prucnal, PAul R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
We compared the performance of the EDFA and the SOA in a wavelength tunable fiber ring structure. Wide tuning ranges of 25 nm and 35 nm are achieved with a fiber ring laser using EDFA and SOA, respectively. The laser using the SOA has a broader wavelength tuning range and a stronger red shift to L-band
Keywords :
erbium; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical fibre amplifiers; red shift; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; EDFA; L-band; SOA; laser cavity; red shift; wavelength selection mechanism; wavelength tunable fiber ring; widely tunable fiber ring laser; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Filters; Laser tuning; Optical control; Optical fiber polarization; Optical resonators; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.968852
