Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 2, Issue 2, 195(2009)

Stable and high-performance multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on fiber delay interferometer

Shuang LIU1,2、*, Junqiang SUN1, and Ping SHUM2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Division of Optoelectronic Devices and Integration, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2Network Technology Research Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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    In this paper, we proposed a novel scheme to realize the multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber lasers. By adding a length of dispersion shifted fiber (DSF) in the ring cavity, we can suppress the cavity mode competition resulting from homogeneous line broadening (HLB) effect. In addition, a comb filter based on fiber delay interferometer (DI) is used for frequency selecting. To enhance the extinction ratio while maintaining the free space range (FSR), the proposed isolator-assisted double-pass DI is utilized into the laser cavity, and a stable 7-wavelength simultaneous lasing spaced at 21.5 GHz is accordingly achieved with an extinction ratio of higher than 40 dB. The lasers are stable with a maximum power fluctuation per channel of less than 0.6 dB during an hour test.

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    Shuang LIU, Junqiang SUN, Ping SHUM. Stable and high-performance multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on fiber delay interferometer[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2009, 2(2): 195

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    Paper Information

    Received: Nov. 20, 2008

    Accepted: Dec. 29, 2008

    Published Online: Oct. 8, 2012

    The Author Email: LIU Shuang (sliu@mail.hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-009-0036-6

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