DocumentCode
820914
Title
Tunable and switchable dual wavelength lasers using optical fibre Bragg grating external cavities
Author
Reilly, S.P. ; James, S.W. ; Tatam, R.P.
Author_Institution
Centre for Photonics & Opt. Eng., Cranfield Univ., UK
Volume
38
Issue
18
fYear
2002
fDate
8/29/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1033
Lastpage
1034
Abstract
Two novel external cavity lasers are demonstrated experimentally. The first utilises a Bragg grating fabricated in highly birefringent optical fibre and offers the ability to switch between modes that are separated in polarisation and wavelength. The second utilises two spatially separate Bragg gratings fabricated in mono-mode fibre. Both can be used for tunable beat frequency generation
Keywords
Bragg gratings; birefringence; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser stability; laser tuning; external cavity lasers; high birefringence fibre; highly birefringent optical fibre; mode switching; mono-mode fibre; optical fibre Bragg grating external cavities; polarisation domain switching; spatially separate Bragg gratings; spectral stability; tunable beat frequency generation; tunable switchable dual wavelength lasers; wavelength domain switching;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20020681
Filename
1033255
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