Tunable multiwavelength SOA fiber laser with ultra-narrow wavelength spacing based on nonlinear polarization rotation

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 17200-17205

  Zhang, Zuxing ^a,b   Wu, Jian ^a   Xu, Kun ^a   Hong, Xiaobin ^a   Lin, Jintong ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; POLARIZATION; RING LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

HOMOGENOUS BROADENING; INTENSITY-DEPENDENT; MULTI WAVELENGTH FIBER LASER; MULTI-WAVELENGTH OPERATION; MULTIWAVELENGTH LASING; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION ROTATION; WAVELENGTH SPACING; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 70349215324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.017200     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. A. Bellemare, M. Karásek, M. Rochette, S. LRochelle, and M. Tetu, "Room temperature multifrequency erbiumdoped fiber lasers anchored on the ITU frequency grid," J. Lightwave Technol. 18(6), 825-831 (2000).
2. L. Talaverano, S. Abad, S. Jarabo, and M. López-Amo, "Multiwavelength fiber laser sources with Bragg-grating sensor multiplexing capability," J. Lightwave Technol. 19(4), 553-558 (2001).
3. Z. G. Lu, F. G. Sun, G. Z. Xiao, and C. P. Grover, "A tunable multiwavelength fiber ring laser for measuring polarization-mode dispersion in optical fibers," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16(5), 1280-1282 (2004).
4. L. R. Chen, and V. Page, "Tunable photonic microwave filter using semiconductor fibre laser," Electron. Lett. 41(21), 1183-1184(2005).
5. N. Pleros, C. Bintjas, M. Kalyvas, G. Theophilopoulos, K. Yiannopoulos, S. Sygletos, and H. Avramopoulos, "Multiwavelength and power equalized SOA laser sources," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 14(5), 693-695 (2002).
6. V. Baby, L. R. Chen, S. Doucet, and S. LaRochelle, "Continuous-Wave Operation of Semiconductor Optical Amplifier-Based Multiwavelength Tunable Fiber Lasers With 25-GHz Spacing," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 13(3), 764-769 (2007).
7. L. Xia, P. Shum, Y. X. Wang, and T. H. Cheng, "Stable triple-wavelength fiber ring laser with ultranarrow wavelength spacing using a triple-transmission-band fiber Bragg grating filter," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 18(20), 2162-2164 (2006).
8. D. S. Moon, B. H. Kim, A. Lin, G. Sun, W. T. Han, Y. G. Han, and Y. Chung, "Tunable multi-wavelength SOA fiber laser based on a Sagnac loop mirror using an elliptical core side-hole fiber," Opt. Express 15(13), 83718376 (2007).
9. Y. W. Lee, J. Jung, and B. Lee, "Multiwavelength-switchable SOA-fiber ring laser based on polarizationmaintaining fiber loop mirror and polarization beam splitter," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16(1), 54-56 (2004).
10. B. A. Yu, J. Kwon, S. Chung, S. W. Seo, and B. Lee, " Multiwavelength-switchable SOA-fibre ring laser using sampled Hi-Bi fibre grating," Electron. Lett. 39(8), 649-650 (2003).
11. F. W. Tong, W. Jin, D. N. Wang, and P. K. A. Wai, "Multiwavelength fibre laser with wavelength selectable from 1590 to 1645 nm," Electron. Lett. 40(10), 594-595 (2004).
12. N. Calabretta, Y. Liu, F. M. Huijskens, M. T. Hill, H. deWaardt, G. D. Khoe, and H. J. S. Dorren, "Optical signal processing based on self-induced polarization rotation in a semiconductor optical Amplifier," J. Lightwave Technol. 22(2), 372-381 (2004).
13. X. Yang, Z. Li, E. Tangdiongga, D. Lenstra, G. D. Khoe, and H. J. S. Dorren, "Sub-picosecond pulse generation employing an SOA-based nonlinear polarization switch in a ring cavity," Opt. Express 12(11), 2448-2453 (2004).
14. Z. X. Zhang, L. Zhan, K. Xu, J. Wu, Y. X. Xia, and J. T. Lin, "Multiwavelength fiber laser with fine adjustment, based on nonlinear polarization rotation and birefringence fiber filter," Opt. Lett. 33(4), 324-326 (2008).
15. B. A. Yu, D. H. Kim, and B. Lee, "Multiwavelength pulse generation in semiconductor-fiber ring laser using a sampled fiber grating," Opt. Commun. 200(1-6), 343-347 (2001).