Tunable 1.3-μm fiber ring laser employing a tapered diode amplifier

Author

Williamson, R.C. ; Betts, G.E. ; Donnelly, J.P. ; Groves, S.H. ; Walpole, J.N. ; O´Donnell, F.J. ; Bailey, R.J.

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

1-4 Dec 1998

Firstpage

153

Abstract

By operating a tapered optical amplifier in a ring, a stand-alone source is obtained which retains the excellent properties of the output of a tapered amplifier. Further, narrow linewidth and the ability to tune the fibre ring laser open up a wide range of applications. A ring laser employing a tapered amplifier and polarization tuning of a low-power fiber-ring laser containing a semiconductor optical amplifier have been demonstrated

Keywords

infrared sources; laser transitions; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1.3 mum; fibre ring laser; low-power fiber-ring laser; narrow linewidth; polarization tuning; semiconductor optical amplifier; stand-alone sourc; tapered diode amplifier; tapered optical amplifier; tunable 1.3-μm fiber ring laser; Fiber lasers; Laser tuning; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Ring lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4947-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1998.737777

Filename

737777