Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 9, Issue 3, 031401(2011)

Widely tunable linear-cavity multiwavelength fiber laser with distributed Brillouin scattering

M. Ajiya1, M. H. Al-Mansoori2, and M. A. Mahdi3
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  • 1Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Bayero University, PMB 3011, Kano, Nigeria
  • 2Faculty of Engineering, Sohar University, P.O Box 44, Sohar P.C. 311, Oman.
  • 3Wireless and Photonics Networks Research Center, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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    We demonstrate a multiple wavelength Brillouin/erbium fiber laser in a linear cavity configuration. The laser cavity is made up of a fiber loop mirror on one end of the resonator and a virtual mirror generated from the distributed stimulated Brillouin scattering effect on the other end. Due to the weak reflectivity provided by the virtual mirror, self-lasing cavity modes are completely suppressed from the laser cavity. At Brillouin pump and 1480-nm pump powers of 2 and 130 mW, respectively, 11 channels of the demonstrated laser with an average total power of 7.13 dBm can freely be tuned over a span of 37-nm wavelength from 1530 to 1567 nm.

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    M. Ajiya, M. H. Al-Mansoori, M. A. Mahdi. Widely tunable linear-cavity multiwavelength fiber laser with distributed Brillouin scattering[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2011, 9(3): 031401

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Aug. 12, 2010

    Accepted: Dec. 14, 2010

    Published Online: Mar. 4, 2011

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    DOI:10.3788/COL201109.031401

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