A STABLE TUNABLE AND SWITCHABLE DUAL-WAVELENGTH SINGLE-LONGITUDINAL-MODE ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LINEAR-CAVITY LASER

Xiaoying He, D. N. Wang, Changrui Liao

2011

Abstract

A simple linear cavity erbium-doped linear-cavity laser is proposed and experimentally demonstrated, with tunable and switchable multi-wavelength SLM operation. The main mode-selection components of our system include an FBG Sagnac loop, an umpumped EDF together with a tunable FBG. The unpumped EDF together with the tunable FBG form a super narrow-band self-tracking FBG around the reflection peak of such tunable FBG, which ensures the SLM laser operation. By simple adjustment of two polarization controller, the laser can be designed to operate in a stable single-wavelength or dual-wavelength with a wavelength spacing of 0.05 nm at room temperature.

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He X., Wang D. and Liao C. (2011). A STABLE TUNABLE AND SWITCHABLE DUAL-WAVELENGTH SINGLE-LONGITUDINAL-MODE ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LINEAR-CAVITY LASER . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Communication Networking and Optical Communication System - Volume 1: OPTICS, (ICETE 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-69-0, pages 123-127. DOI: 10.5220/0003433501230127


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@conference{optics11,
author={Xiaoying He and D. N. Wang and Changrui Liao},
title={A STABLE TUNABLE AND SWITCHABLE DUAL-WAVELENGTH SINGLE-LONGITUDINAL-MODE ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LINEAR-CAVITY LASER},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Communication Networking and Optical Communication System - Volume 1: OPTICS, (ICETE 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={123-127},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003433501230127},
isbn={978-989-8425-69-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Communication Networking and Optical Communication System - Volume 1: OPTICS, (ICETE 2011)
TI - A STABLE TUNABLE AND SWITCHABLE DUAL-WAVELENGTH SINGLE-LONGITUDINAL-MODE ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LINEAR-CAVITY LASER
SN - 978-989-8425-69-0
AU - He X.
AU - Wang D.
AU - Liao C.
PY - 2011
SP - 123
EP - 127
DO - 10.5220/0003433501230127