Abstract
A widely tunable fiber ring laser is demonstrated experimentally using a specially designed gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier (GC-SOA). The 3 dB bandwidth of the generated amplified spontaneous emission is increased by 10 nm using the GC-SOA. The lasing wavelength is continuously tunable in a range from 1522 nm to almost 1600 nm using a thin-film Fabry-Perot tunable filter. A side-mode-suppression ratio of greater than 55 dB is achieved over the entire tuning range.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 075113 |
| Journal | Laser Physics |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2013 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Instrumentation
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering