Suppression of beating noise of narrow-linewidth erbium-doped fiber ring lasers by use of a semiconductor optical amplifier

Lei Xu, Ivan Glesk, Varghese Baby, Paul R. Prucnal

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Abstract

Beating noise in narrow-linewidth erbium-doped fiber ring lasers puts severe limitations on applications of the lasers. We demonstrate the suppression of beating noise in fiber ring lasers by using a semiconductor optical amplifier in the laser cavity, which acts as a high-pass filter. Two different ring structures are presented as examples to demonstrate this beating noise suppression.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)780-782
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume28
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - May 15 2003
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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