Abstract
The design of tunable fiber lasers that use the strain- induced birefringence of fiber coils to control the lasing wavelength is explained. The implementation of a ring laser tunable over a 35-nm range by rotation of a single fiber coil is presented.
© 1993 Optical Society of America
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