Dynamics of distributed feedback fiber lasers

Author

Yuan-Hwang Liao ; Winful, H.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

392

Abstract

Summary form only given. The ability to write permanent gratings into the core of amplifying fibers has made possible the recent demonstration of fiber distributed feedback (DFB) lasers. Single-frequency operation of these lasers has been achieved at 1.5 /spl mu/m in Er/sup 3+/-doped fibers, and at 1.047 /spl mu/m in a Yb/sup 3+/ system by using quarter-wave shifted DFB structures. Because of their narrow linewidth and compatibility with fiber communication systems, such DFB fiber lasers may become useful alternatives to DFB semiconductor lasers.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; distributed feedback lasers; dynamics; erbium; fibre lasers; laser frequency stability; laser theory; laser transitions; optical fibres; spectral line breadth; ytterbium; 1.047 mum; 1.5 mum; DFB fiber lasers; Er/sup 3+/-doped fibers; Yb/sup 3+/-doped fibers; amplifying fibers; distributed feedback fiber laser dynamics; fiber communication systems; fiber distributed feedback lasers; narrow linewidth; permanent fiber grating writing; quarter-wave shifted DFB structures; single-frequency operation; Distributed feedback devices; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Laser theory; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor process modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864832