Title :
Over 27 nm tuning range by mode locking of external cavity laser including a linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating
Author :
Bergonzo, Aurelien ; David, Julien ; Landreau, Jean ; Gohin, Estelle ; Brenot, Romain ; Durand, Olivier ; Duan, Guang Hua ; Jacquet, Joel
Author_Institution :
OPTO+, Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
27 nm electrical wavelength tuning of external cavity laser with linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating (LCFBG) has been demonstrated. Wavelength tuning has been achieved by changing the modulation frequency around 2.1 GHz.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical fibres; semiconductor lasers; electrical wavelength tuning; external cavity laser mode locking; linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating; modulation frequency; self-seeded gain-switched Fabry-Perot laser diode; tuning range; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; Fiber lasers; Frequency modulation; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical pulses; Optical tuning; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2002. IEEE 18th International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7598-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2002.1041115
