Continuous-wave operation of semiconductor optical amplifier-based multiwavelength tunable fiber lasers with 25-GHz spacing

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 764-769

  Baby, Varghese ^b   Chen, Lawrence R ^a,c   Doucet, Serge ^d   LaRochelle, Sophie ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b Marusyk Miller and Swain LLP   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; Multiwavelength lasers; Optical gratings; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER TUNING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVELENGTH;

MULTIWAVELENGTH LASERS; RING CAVITY; WAVELENGTH SELECTION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34250768286     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.896064     Document Type: Article

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