Title :
Multiwavelength and tunable regenerative laser resonator with passive self-pulsating action
Author :
Rochette, Martin ; Sun, Kai ; Hernández-Cordero, Juan ; Chen, Lawrence R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate the operation of a self-pulsating laser that is dual-wavelength and continuously wavelength-tunable. This passive laser is extremely simple to implement and has properties that theoretically enables signal buffering.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; continuously wavelength-tunable laser; dual-wavelength laser; passive laser; passive self-pulsating action; self-pulsating laser; signal buffering; tunable regenerative laser resonator; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser tuning; Lead; Optical buffering; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Quantum cascade lasers; Repeaters; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610439
