Title :
Optical control of birefringence for loop mirror comb filter tuning using a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Lee, K.L. ; Fok, Mable P. ; Wan, S.M. ; Shu, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
This work reports on an optically tunable loop mirror comb filter (LMF) incorporated with a SOA and a piece of polarization maintaining fiber (PMF). Optical comb tuning is achieved by injecting a control light into the SOA. By changing the birefringence of the SOA using a control light, an optically controlled comb tuning is successfully demonstrated.
Keywords :
birefringence; comb filters; optical control; optical fibre polarisation; optical filters; optical tuning; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; birefringence optical control; optically tunable loop mirror comb filter; polarization maintaining fiber; semiconductor optical amplifier; Birefringence; Lighting control; Mirrors; Optical control; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical tuning; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363279
