@InProceedings{Supelec743,
author = {Adrian Iordachescu and Xunqui Wu and Joel Jacquet},
title = {{Broad-band laser emission and optical mode-locking of a Fabry-Perot laser formed between two linearly chirped fiber Bragg gratings }},
year = {2012},
booktitle = {{Proceedings of SPIE : Optical Components and Materials IX}},
volume = {8257},
number = {0E},
pages = {20},
month = {mar},
note = {SPIE Photonics West},
editor = {Shibin Jiang, Michel J. F. Digonnet, J. Christopher Dries},
address = {San Francisco, CA (USA)},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.906793},
doi = {10.1117/12.906793},
abstract = {Experimental measurements of light emitted by a novel type of broad-band laser are presented. The laser cavity is realized by placing a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA) between two Linearly Chirped Fiber Bragg Gratings (LCFBGs). The P-I (power-current) curve of this structure and its spectral distribution of optical power at high currents show similarities with those of continuum lasers. Finally, a simple all-optical mode-locking is realized by injecting a master laser inside the cavity. The efficiency of the mode-locking is shown to be much higher in the bandwidth corresponding to the initial lasing emission. }
}