• DocumentCode
    3131131
  • Title

    SOA-based Multi-wavelength Comb Laser with 25GHz Spacing

  • Author

    Baby, Varghese ; Chen, Lawrence R. ; Doucet, Serge ; LaRochelle, Sophie

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Syst. Group, McGill Univ., Montreal, Que.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    687
  • Lastpage
    688
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate for the first time, multi-wavelength operation in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based fiber laser with wavelength spacing of 25GHz. 35 wavelengths with contrast ratio of 35dB were obtained with a tunability of 10nm.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; laser beams; laser tuning; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; contrast ratio; fiber laser; laser tuning; multiwavelength comb laser; multiwavelength laser operation; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength spacing; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Filters; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Photonics; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, QC, Canada
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9555-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-7803-9555-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2006.278899
  • Filename
    4054370