Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 10, Issue 2, 100(2014)

A dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with widely tunable wavelength spacing

Wei-hua ZHANG*, Zheng-rong TONG, and Ye CAO
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  • Key Laboratory of Film Electronics and Communication Devices, School of Electronic Information Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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    A stable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) with tunable wavelength spacing and equalized output power is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The fiber laser uses two fiber Fabry-Perot tunable filters (FFPTFs) as the wavelength filter. The main cavity is divided into two sub-cavities with imbalance cavity losses through a 30/70 optical coupler. The tunable wavelength spacing can be achieved by changing the center wavelength of the filters and the equalized dual-wavelength output power can be achieved by properly controlling the variable optical attenuator (VOA) inserted in the lower-loss cavity.

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    ZHANG Wei-hua, TONG Zheng-rong, CAO Ye. A dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with widely tunable wavelength spacing[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2014, 10(2): 100

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    Paper Information

    Received: Dec. 6, 2013

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 12, 2017

    The Author Email: Wei-hua ZHANG (nmgzwh@163.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-014-3231-7

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