Novel discretely tunable narrow linewidth fiber laser with uniform wavelength spacing

A novel configuration of the tunable fiber laser with uniform wavelength spacing in dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) application is proposed.The ring type tunable fiber laser consists of an all-fiber comb filter which determines the wavelength spacing,and a piece of adjustable fiber grating to select the discrete lasing wavelength for DWDM application.The proposed all-fiber ring type tunable laser has potential application in the DWDM and other optical systems due to its advantages such as narrow linewidth,easy tuning,uniform wavelength interval,etc..