Title :
Widely tunable narrow linewidth erbium doped fibre ring laser
Author :
Schmuck, H. ; Pfeiffer, Th. ; Veith, G.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-SEL Res. Center, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
An erbium doped fibre ring laser enabling singlemode operation over a continuous wavelength tuning range of 44 nm (1528 nm-1572 nm) with laser linewidths of less than 10 kHz is reported.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser modes; laser tuning; spectral line breadth; 1528 to 1572 nm; Er doped optical fibre; fibre ring laser; narrow linewidth; single mode type; singlemode operation; tuning range;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19911312