Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 12, Issue 6, 433(2016)

Widely tunable/wavelength-swept SLM fiber laser with ultra-narrow linewidth and ultra-high OSNR

Ting FENG1... Dong-liang DING1, Peng LIU2, Hong-xin SU1, and X.Steve YAO13,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Hebei Key Laboratory of Optic-Electronic Information and Materials, Photonics Information Innovation Center,College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
  • 2College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xingtai University, Xingtai 054001, China
  • 3General Photonics Corporation, Chino 91710, USA
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    We propose and demonstrate a novel single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) capable of operating at fixed-wavelength lasing mode with a tunable range more than 54 nm, an ultra-narrow linewidth of 473 Hz and an ultra-high optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) more than 72 dB, or operating at wavelength-swept mode with tunable sweep rate of 10—200 Hz and a sweep range more than 50 nm. The excellent features mainly benefit from a triple-ring subring cavity constructed by three optical couplers nested one another and a fiber Fabry-Pérot tunable filter which can be driven by a constant voltage or a periodic sweep voltage for fixed or wavelength- swept operation, respectively. The proposed EDFL has potential applications in high-resolution spectroscopy and fiber optic sensing.

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    FENG Ting, DING Dong-liang, LIU Peng, SU Hong-xin, YAO X.Steve. Widely tunable/wavelength-swept SLM fiber laser with ultra-narrow linewidth and ultra-high OSNR[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2016, 12(6): 433

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    Paper Information

    Received: Sep. 7, 2016

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 12, 2017

    The Author Email: X.Steve YAO (steveyao888@yahoo.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-016-6194-z

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