Title :
Tunable single-frequency Er/sup 3+/-doped fiber laser using all-fiber acousto-optic bandpass filter
Author :
Jae Chul Yong ; Myoung Soo Lee ; Byoung Yoon Kim
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea
Abstract :
We demonstrated a novel tunable single-frequency Er/sup 3+/-doped fiber laser using all-fiber acousto-optic tunable bandpass filter. The wavelength tuning range was from 1522 to 1547 nm and side mode suppression ratio was below -55 dB.
Keywords :
acousto-optical filters; band-pass filters; erbium; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser tuning; optical fibre filters; 1522 to 1547 nm; Er/sup 3+/-doped fiber laser; all-fiber acousto-optic bandpass filter; core mode blocker; laser cavity; nonlinear wave mixing; side mode suppression; tunable single-frequency laser; Band pass filters; Erbium; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber sensors; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.971043
