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  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 16, Iss. 18 — Sep. 1, 2008
  • pp: 14173–14179

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C-band wavelength-swept single-longitudinalmode erbium-doped fiber ring laser

Kang Zhang and Jin U. Kang  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 18, pp. 14173-14179 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.014173


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Abstract

A wavelength-swept single-longitudinal-mode erbium-doped fiber ring laser capable of operating at sweeping frequency in the order of a few kHz is designed and demonstrated by using a fiber Fabry-Perot tunable filter and a Sagnac loop incorporated with a 3.5-meter unpumped erbium-doped fiber. The laser operates in continuous-wave (CW) mode and can sweep approximately 45 nm over the entire C-band (1520nm-1570nm) window with linewidth less than 0.7 kHz. The optimum wavelength sweeping frequency in order to achieve the best output power stability was found to be ~20Hz with sweeping-induced power fluctuation of only 0.1%.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3570) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, single-mode
(060.3510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Lasers, fiber

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: July 9, 2008
Revised Manuscript: August 19, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: August 19, 2008
Published: August 26, 2008

Citation
Kang Zhang and Jin U. Kang, "C-band wavelength-swept single-longitudinalmode erbium-doped fiber ring laser," Opt. Express 16, 14173-14179 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-18-14173


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