We demonstrate a wide and fast wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser based on tuning the mode-locking
frequency. The laser is in a sigma-laser configuration and a wideband semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) at 1.3 μm
wavelength region is used as a gain medium. Mode-locking is achieved by direct modulation of the injection current to
the SOA, and a dispersion compensation fiber (DCF) is used to provide desired intracavity dispersion. By tuning the
modulation frequency, a wide tuning range over 100 nm is achieved. Lasing wavelength is measured to be in linearly
proportion to the RF frequency applied to the SOA. The sweep rate over the entire wavelength range (100 nm) can be
raised to be as high as 100 kHz.
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