Tunable L-band 16 × 200GHz multi-wavelength fiber laser based on cascaded SOAs and optical slicer

Author

Chang, Chia-Hsiung ; Kuo, Chong-Ting ; Liang, Tair-Chung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Tung-Fang Inst. of Technol., Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

5-7 May 2010

Firstpage

511

Lastpage

513

Abstract

We have proposed and demonstrated a tunable L-band 16 × 200GHz multi-wavelength fiber laser using cascaded semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and optical slicer. By employing this simple scheme and through the proper control of the polarization controller, we were able to generate uniform multi-wavelength operation of up to 16 laser lines with the signal-to-noise ratio over 40dB and 1.6-nm wavelength spacing at room temperature. Moreover, the output stability of the multiwavelength laser has also been discussed and analyzed.

Keywords

laser stability; laser tuning; optical fibre amplifiers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; superradiance; cascaded SOA; frequency 200 GHz; optical slicer; output stability; polarization controller; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal-to-noise ratio; temperature 293 K to 298 K; tunable L-band multiwavelength fiber laser; wavelength 1.6 nm; Fiber lasers; L-band; Laser stability; Optical control; Optical fiber polarization; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission; Temperature control; Tunable circuits and devices; amplified spontaneous emission; multi-wavelength; semiconductor optical amplifier;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communication Control and Automation (3CA), 2010 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tainan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5565-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/3CA.2010.5533397

Filename

5533397