Title :
Tunable single-frequency erbium-doped fiber ring laser for microwave photonics applications
Author :
Liu, Jian ; Yao, Jianping ; Yao, Jian ; Yeap, Tet
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Information Technol. & Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a novel wavelength tunable single-frequency erbium-doped fiber ring laser. The single-frequency operation is realized by using a coupler loop mirror with an Er3+-doped fiber saturable absorber, which acts as a narrow band optical filter. The fiber laser can find applications in microwave photonics systems.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; erbium; fibre lasers; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; microwave photonics; mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical filters; optical saturable absorption; ring lasers; Er3+-doped fiber saturable absorber; coupler loop mirror; microwave photonics applications; narrow band optical filter; wavelength tunable single-frequency erbium-doped fiber ring laser; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Masers; Microwave photonics; Mirrors; Narrowband; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Ring lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2003. MWP 2003 Proceedings. International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8691-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2003.1422870
