Photonic Sensors, Volume. 4, Issue 2, 180(2014)

A Four-Element Sensor Array Consisting of Asymmetric Distributed-Feedback Fiber Lasers

Pengpeng WANG1, Jun CHANG1、*, Cunguang ZHU1, Boning SUN1, Guangping LV1, Sasa ZHANG1, Yanjie ZHAO1,2, Zhihui SUN2, Xiaolei ZHANG2, and Gangding PENG1,2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Information Science and Engineering and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Technology and Application, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
  • 2Laser Institute of Shandong Academy of Science, Jinan, 250014, China
  • 3Photonics & Optical Communications Group, School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, the University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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    A sensor array system formed by arranging four asymmetric distributed-feedback fiber lasers (DFB-FL) in ascending order according to their slope efficiencies was proposed. The output flatness could be effectively improved with the application of asymmetric DFB-FLs. The last element had almost the same output with the others although it obtained the smallest pump power. The relative intensity noise (RIN) and relaxation oscillation frequency of the sensor array were also analyzed. It is found that the relaxation oscillation frequency of a certain DFB-FL was relevant to its relative position in the array. And the RIN of a certain DFB-FL was always affected by the other elements in the array, which was not dependent on the order of their arrangement.

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    Pengpeng WANG, Jun CHANG, Cunguang ZHU, Boning SUN, Guangping LV, Sasa ZHANG, Yanjie ZHAO, Zhihui SUN, Xiaolei ZHANG, Gangding PENG. A Four-Element Sensor Array Consisting of Asymmetric Distributed-Feedback Fiber Lasers[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2014, 4(2): 180

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    Paper Information

    Received: Dec. 14, 2013

    Accepted: Dec. 28, 2013

    Published Online: Apr. 9, 2014

    The Author Email: CHANG Jun (changjun@sdu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s13320-014-0167-2

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