Widely tunable single-frequency Er-doped fiber laser with long linear cavity

被引:28
作者
Chang, SH [1 ]
Hwang, IK
Kim, BY
Park, HG
机构
[1] Elect & Telecommun Res Inst, Network Technol Lab, Optical Commun Dept, Taejon 305350, South Korea
[2] Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Taejon 305701, South Korea
[3] Chonbuk Natl Univ, Dept Phys, Chonju 561756, South Korea
关键词
erbium; fiber lasers; laser frequency stability; laser modes; laser tuning;
D O I
10.1109/68.917827
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A widely tunable single-frequency Er-doped fiber laser is demonstrated in a 21-m-long linear cavity incorporating all-fiber acoustooptic frequency shifters and a saturable absorption grating. Stable single-frequency operation is achieved with a sidemode suppression ratio higher than 50 dB and a wavelength tuning range greater than 40 nm.
引用
收藏
页码:287 / 289
页数:3
相关论文
共 12 条
  • [1] COMPRESSION-TUNED SINGLE-FREQUENCY BRAGG GRATING FIBER LASER
    BALL, GA
    MOREY, WW
    [J]. OPTICS LETTERS, 1994, 19 (23) : 1979 - 1981
  • [2] CONTINUOUSLY TUNABLE SINGLE-MODE ERBIUM FIBER LASER
    BALL, GA
    MOREY, WW
    [J]. OPTICS LETTERS, 1992, 17 (06) : 420 - 422
  • [3] STABLE SINGLE-FREQUENCY TRAVELING-WAVE FIBER LOOP LASER WITH INTEGRAL SATURABLE-ABSORBER-BASED TRACKING NARROW-BAND-FILTER
    CHENG, Y
    KRINGLEBOTN, JT
    LOH, WH
    LAMING, RI
    PAYNE, DN
    [J]. OPTICS LETTERS, 1995, 20 (08) : 875 - 877
  • [4] WIDELY TUNABLE POLARIZATION-STABLE FIBER LASERS
    COOPER, DG
    DEXTER, JL
    ESMAN, RD
    [J]. IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1995, 1 (01) : 14 - 21
  • [5] NARROW-LINEWIDTH, SINGLEMODE ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASER WITH INTRACAVITY WAVE MIXING IN SATURABLE ABSORBER
    HOROWITZ, M
    DAISY, R
    FISCHER, B
    ZYSKIND, J
    [J]. ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 1994, 30 (08) : 648 - 649
  • [6] CONTINUOUS AND DISCRETE WAVELENGTH TUNING IN ER-YB FIBER FABRY-PEROT LASERS
    HSU, K
    MILLER, CM
    KRINGLEBOTN, JT
    PAYNE, DN
    [J]. OPTICS LETTERS, 1995, 20 (04) : 377 - 379
  • [7] Longitudinal mode control in few-mode erbium-doped fiber lasers
    Kim, HS
    Kim, SK
    Kim, BY
    [J]. OPTICS LETTERS, 1996, 21 (15) : 1144 - 1146
  • [8] ALL FIBER, LOW THRESHOLD, WIDELY TUNABLE SINGLE-FREQUENCY, ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER RING LASER WITH A TANDEM FIBER FABRY-PEROT FILTER
    PARK, N
    DAWSON, JW
    VAHALA, KJ
    MILLER, C
    [J]. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1991, 59 (19) : 2369 - 2371
  • [9] Siegman AE., 1986, LASERS
  • [10] HIGHLY SELECTIVE EVANESCENT MODAL FILTER FOR 2-MODE OPTICAL FIBERS
    SORIN, WV
    KIM, BY
    SHAW, HJ
    [J]. OPTICS LETTERS, 1986, 11 (09) : 581 - 583