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A tunable Er3+–doped fiber laser with polarimetric andMach-Zehnder filters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 1999

N. Azami ,
A. Saïssy ,
M. De Micheli ,
G. Monnom  and
D. B. Ostrowsky
N. Azami
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (UMR 6622 du CNRS), Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex, France
A. Saïssy*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (UMR 6622 du CNRS), Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex, France
M. De Micheli
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (UMR 6622 du CNRS), Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex, France
G. Monnom
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (UMR 6622 du CNRS), Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex, France
D. B. Ostrowsky
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (UMR 6622 du CNRS), Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex, France
*
saissy@naxos.unice.fr
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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 allows us to tune continuously the wavelength from 1.53 to 1.56 µm without the discontinuity associated to the narrow transmission bands of a Mach-Zehnder tuning filter.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , June 1999 , pp. 225 - 228
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© EDP Sciences, 1999

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