Title :
Iodine-stabilized 1520 nm diode laser for optical fiber communication
Author :
Chui, Hsiang-Chen ; Shaw, Sen-Yen ; Ko, Ming-Sheng ; Liu, Yi-Wei ; Shy, Jow-Tsong ; Roussev, Rostislav V. ; Fejer, Martin M. ; Lin, Tyson
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
We present our work on the frequency stabilization of a 1520 nm distributed feedback diode laser by locking its second harmonic generation to the hyperfine transitions of the iodine.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; hyperfine structure; iodine; laser frequency stability; optical fibre communication; optical harmonic generation; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; 1520 nm; I/sub 2/; diode laser; distributed feedback diode laser; frequency stabilization; hyperfine transitions; iodine-stabilized laser; laser frequency locking; laser wavelength modulation; optical fiber communication; saturation absorption spectrum; second harmonic generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
