Novel O-band tunable fiber laser using an array waveguide grating
A novel tunable fibre laser (TFL) operating in the ordinary band (O-band) of 1310 nm is proposed and demonstrated. The proposed TFL is developed using a 1×16 arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) as a slicing mechanism for the broadband amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) source and an optical channel...
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WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/84348/7/84348_Novel%20O-band%20tunable%20fiber%20laser%20using%20an%20array.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/84348/13/84348_Novel%20O-band%20tunable%20fiber%20laser%20using%20an%20array%20waveguide%20grating.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/84348/ |
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| Summary: | A novel tunable fibre laser (TFL) operating in the ordinary band (O-band) of 1310 nm is proposed and demonstrated.
The proposed TFL is developed using a 1×16 arrayed waveguide
grating (AWG) as a slicing mechanism for the broadband amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) source and an optical channel
selector (OCS) to provide the tunability. A semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) with a centre wavelength of 1310 nm serves
as the compact gain medium for the TFL and also as a broadband ASE source. The TFL has a tuning range of 1301.26 nm to
1311.18 nm with 9.92 nm span and a channel spacing of 0.7 nm.
The measured output power is about –4 and –8 dBm and with a
side node suppression ratio (SMSR) of 29 to 33 dB. |
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