Title :
Spacing-tunable multiwavelength fiber laser with a fiber grating-based Fabry-Perot filter
Author :
Dong, Xinyong ; Shum, P. ; Xu, Zhaowen ; Lu, C.
Author_Institution :
Network Technol. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
A spacing-tunable multiwavelength fiber laser source is demonstrated by using a semiconductor optical amplifier and a novel free-spectral-range tunable Fabry-Perot filter with superimposed, chirped-fiber Bragg gratings. Continuous tuning of 0.3-0.6 nm has been realized.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; fibre lasers; laser tuning; optical fibre filters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 0.3 to 0.6 nm; Fabry-Perot filter; chirped-fiber Bragg gratings; continuous tuning; fiber grating; fiber laser; free-spectral-range filter; multiwavelength laser; semiconductor optical amplifier; spacing-tunable laser; superimposed gratings; tunable filter; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Fabry-Perot; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser tuning; Optical fiber filters; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548257
