An optical fiber loop has a gain medium having a gain at an oscillation
wavelength and optical circulators 13 and 14. Collimate lenses 22 and 24
enlarge light bean taken from the optical circulators 13 and 14. A
polygon mirror 25 is provided on the light axis, and is rotated. A
diffraction grating 27 is provided at the receiving position of the light
reflected by the polygon mirror 25, and is of a Littrow configuration
which reflects the light in the same direction as the incident light. A
selected wavelength changes according to an incident angle to the
diffraction grating 27, resulting in increase of selectivity owing to
twice incident, thereby permitting to change an oscillation wavelength
with narrow band even when changing the selected wavelength by rotating
the polygon mirror 25 at high speed.