A tunable Er3+-doped fiber laser with polarimetric and Mach-Zehnder filters

Authors
Azami, N Saissy, A De Micheli, M Monnom, G Ostrowsky, DB
Citation
N. Azami et al., A tunable Er3+-doped fiber laser with polarimetric and Mach-Zehnder filters, EPJ-APPL PH, 6(3), 1999, pp. 225-228
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-APPLIED PHYSICS
ISSN journal
12860042 → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
225 - 228
Database
ISI
SICI code
1286-0042(199906)6:3<225:ATEFLW>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We show theoretically and experimentally that the wavelength tunability of an Er3+-doped fiber laser is improved by using a twofold filter combining a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a polarimetric filter. This new filter all ows us to tune continuously the wavelength from 1.53 to 1.56 mu m without t he discontinuity associated to the narrow transmission bands of a Mach-Zehn der tuning filter.