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Multi-wavelength lasers with suppressed spectral linewidth of 10 kHz
Author(s) -
Tianhe Wang,
Tianxin Yang,
Deli Jia,
Zhaoying Wang,
Chunfeng Ge
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.22.026862
Subject(s) - laser linewidth , optics , wavelength , wavelength division multiplexing , laser , semiconductor laser theory , optoelectronics , materials science , tunable laser , physics
High coherent multi-wavelength or multi-tone light source are in high demand for optical density wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) networks as the telecommunication capacity expands exponentially. However the linewidths of commercial multi-wavelength semiconductor lasers are typically a few MHz which is not acceptable when the frequency spacing of the multi-tones is 10 GHz. In this paper, a novel and simple method to suppress the linewidths of the multi-wavelength from ~6 MHz to ~10 kHz using an all-optical approach is proposed and demonstrated. The linewidths of the multi-wavelength are suppressed by a factor of 600 and the noise level of the multi-wavelength is decreased by nearly 20 dB. Each wavelength of the multi-wavelength operates in single longitudinal mode. Finally, more than 8 wavelengths over 10 nm are suppressed simultaneously through the approach and scheme presented in this work.

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