Title :
Single-longitudinal-mode multiwavelength fiber ring laser
Author :
Liu, Jian ; Yao, Jianping ; Yao, Jian ; Yeap, Tet Hin
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Univ. of Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fDate :
4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A single-longitudinal-mode multiwavelength fiber ring laser is proposed and demonstrated. The single-longitudinal-mode operation is realized using a fiber loop mirror with a saturable absorber. The fiber loop mirror acts as a passive self-tracking narrow multiband optical filter. Single-longitudinal-mode multiwavelength lasing is generated by using either a Lyot-Sagnac filter or a fiber grating array.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; fibre lasers; laser mirrors; laser modes; optical filters; optical hole burning; optical saturable absorption; ring lasers; FBG; Lyot-Sagnac filter; fiber Bragg grating; fiber grating array; fiber loop mirror; multiwavelength fiber ring laser; narrow multiband optical filter; saturable absorber; single-longitudinal-mode fiber ring laser; spatial hole burning; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Ring lasers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.824975
