Actively mode-locked tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser

Dominik Pudo*, Lawrence R. Chen, Domenico Giannone, Lin Zhang, Ian Bennion

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Abstract

We report an actively mode-locked tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser that uses parallel amplifiers in order to minimize gain cross-saturation effects. We obtain extremely stable, room-temperature dual-wavelength operation at a modulator drive frequency of 1035.38 MHz (corresponding pulsewidths of 115 and 130 ps). Furthermore, we can independently tune the power and wavelength of each lasing output signal without affecting overall output stability. In particular, we achieve a wavelength separation as narrow as 0.3 nm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)143-145
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume14
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2002

Keywords

  • erbium-doped fiber lasers
  • mode-locked lasers
  • multiwavelength lasers

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