Discrete wavelength tuning characteristics of a single-frequency fiber laser with dual-wavelength external frequency-stable light injection

doi:10.1364/OE.15.016316

Discrete wavelength tuning characteristics of a single-frequency fiber laser with dual-wavelength external frequency-stable light injection

Motoharu Matsuura, Kaoru Mori, and Naoto Kishi »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 25, pp. 16316-16321 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.016316

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Abstract

We investigate discrete wavelength tuning characteristics of a single-frequency fiber laser locked to either of two external lights. Frequency locking is achieved by the cooperatively induced spatial-hole burning (SHB) of a saturable absorber in the laser cavity. We show that lasing frequency is well locked to either of the two external lights when the lasing wavelength of the fiber laser is adjusted to the corresponding wavelength of the external light by tuning the bandpass filter in the laser cavity. The locked frequency stability of the fiber laser is as high as that of the employed external light source.

OCIS Codes
(060.2330) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics communications
(060.2380) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics sources and detectors
(140.3510) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, fiber
(140.3600) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, tunable

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Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: October 3, 2007
Revised Manuscript: November 13, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: November 13, 2007
Published: November 26, 2007

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Motoharu Matsuura, Kaoru Mori, and Naoto Kishi, "Discrete wavelength tuning characteristics of a single-frequency fiber laser with dual-wavelength external frequency-stable light injection," Opt. Express 15, 16316-16321 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-25-16316

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International Telecommunication Union, Telecommunication Standard Sector of ITU, ITU-T G692, G694.
C. Gamache, M. Têtu, C. Latrasse, N. Cyr, M. A. Duguay, and B. Villeneuve, "An optical frequency scale in exact multiples of 100 GHz for standardization of multifrequency communications, " IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 8,290-292 (1996). [CrossRef]
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T. Haber, K. Hsu, C. Miller, and Y. Bao, "Tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser precisely locked to the 50-GHz ITU frequency grid," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 12,1456-1458 (2000). [CrossRef]
H. Y. Ryu, W.-K. Lee, H. S. Moon, S. K. Kim, H. S. Suh, and D. Lee, "Stable single-frequency fiber ring laser for 25-GHz ITU-T grids utilizing saturable absorber filter," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17,1824-1826 (2005). [CrossRef]
H. Ryu, H. Moon, W. Lee, and H. Suh, "A discretely tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser with 273 Ch. × 50 GHz-spacing ITU-T grids in C-& L-band regions," in Proc. Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2003 (OFC 2003), MF22 (2003).
J. Park, S. J. Ahn, W. J. Lee, J. Lee, H. S. Suh, and N. Park, "Widely tunable S/S+ band thulium-doped fiber laser locked to 50-GHz ITU-T grid," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16,404-406 (2004). [CrossRef]
N. Kishi and T. Yazaki, "Frequency control of a single-frequency fiber laser by cooperatively induced spatial-hole burning," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 11,182-184 (1999). [CrossRef]
M. Matsuura and N. Kishi, "Frequency control characteristics of a single-frequency fiber laser with an external light injection," IEEE J. Sel.Topics in Quantum Electron. 7,55-58 (2001). [CrossRef]
K. Mori, M. Matsuura, and N. Kishi, "Frequency locking of a single-frequency fiber laser with dual-wavelength external frequency-stabilized light source," in Proc. Optoelectronics and Communications Conference and International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communications 2007 (OECC/IOOC 2007), 12C2-3 (2007).
N. Park, J. W. Dawson, and K. J. Vahala, "Frequency locking of an erbium-doped fiber ring laser to an external fiber Fabry-Perot resonator," Opt. Lett. 18,879-881 (1993). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
F. L. Walls and D. W. Allan, "Measurements of frequency stability," Proc. of the IEEE, 74,162-168 (1986). [CrossRef]
M. Ohtsu, H. Fukuda, T. Tako, and H. Tsuchida, "Estimation of the ultimate frequency stability of semiconductor lasers," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 22,1157-1166 (1983). [CrossRef]

Ahn, S. J.
Allan, D. W.
Bao, Y.
Cyr, N.
Dawson, J. W.
Duguay, M. A.
Fukuda, H.
Gamache, C.
Haber, T.
Hsu, K.
Kim, S. K.
Kishi, N.
Latrasse, C.
Lee, D.
Lee, J.
Lee, W. J.
Lee, W.-K.
Matsuura, M.
Miller, C.
Moon, H. S.
Ohtsu, M.
Park, J.
Park, N.
Ryu, H. Y.
Suh, H. S.
Tako, T.
Têtu, M.
Tsuchida, H.
Vahala, K. J.
Villeneuve, B.
Walls, F. L.
Yazaki, T.

IEEE J. Sel.

M. Matsuura and N. Kishi, "Frequency control characteristics of a single-frequency fiber laser with an external light injection," IEEE J. Sel.Topics in Quantum Electron. 7,55-58 (2001). [CrossRef]

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

J. Park, S. J. Ahn, W. J. Lee, J. Lee, H. S. Suh, and N. Park, "Widely tunable S/S+ band thulium-doped fiber laser locked to 50-GHz ITU-T grid," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16,404-406 (2004). [CrossRef]
N. Kishi and T. Yazaki, "Frequency control of a single-frequency fiber laser by cooperatively induced spatial-hole burning," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 11,182-184 (1999). [CrossRef]
C. Gamache, M. Têtu, C. Latrasse, N. Cyr, M. A. Duguay, and B. Villeneuve, "An optical frequency scale in exact multiples of 100 GHz for standardization of multifrequency communications, " IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 8,290-292 (1996). [CrossRef]
T. Haber, K. Hsu, C. Miller, and Y. Bao, "Tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser precisely locked to the 50-GHz ITU frequency grid," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 12,1456-1458 (2000). [CrossRef]
H. Y. Ryu, W.-K. Lee, H. S. Moon, S. K. Kim, H. S. Suh, and D. Lee, "Stable single-frequency fiber ring laser for 25-GHz ITU-T grids utilizing saturable absorber filter," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17,1824-1826 (2005). [CrossRef]

Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.

M. Ohtsu, H. Fukuda, T. Tako, and H. Tsuchida, "Estimation of the ultimate frequency stability of semiconductor lasers," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 22,1157-1166 (1983). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

N. Park, J. W. Dawson, and K. J. Vahala, "Frequency locking of an erbium-doped fiber ring laser to an external fiber Fabry-Perot resonator," Opt. Lett. 18,879-881 (1993). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Proc. of the IEEE

F. L. Walls and D. W. Allan, "Measurements of frequency stability," Proc. of the IEEE, 74,162-168 (1986). [CrossRef]

Other

International Telecommunication Union, Telecommunication Standard Sector of ITU, ITU-T G692, G694.
H. Ryu, H. Moon, W. Lee, and H. Suh, "A discretely tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser with 273 Ch. × 50 GHz-spacing ITU-T grids in C-& L-band regions," in Proc. Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2003 (OFC 2003), MF22 (2003).
A. Bellemare, J. F. Lemieux, M. Têtu, and S. LaRochelle, "Erbium-doped ring lasers step-tunable to exact multiples of 100 GHz (ITU-GRID) using periodic filter," in Proc. European Conference on Optical Communications 1998 (ECOC 1998), 153-154 (1998).
K. Mori, M. Matsuura, and N. Kishi, "Frequency locking of a single-frequency fiber laser with dual-wavelength external frequency-stabilized light source," in Proc. Optoelectronics and Communications Conference and International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communications 2007 (OECC/IOOC 2007), 12C2-3 (2007).

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