Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 41, Issue 7, 705001(2014)

Microwave Signal Generation Based on Dual-Wavelength Brillouin Fiber Laser

Jia Qingsong1,2、*, Wang Tianshu1,2, Zhang Peng1,2, Sun hongwei1,2, Dong Keyan1,2, Liu Xin3, Kong Mei3, and Jiang Huilin1,2
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    A simple approach to generate stable microwave signals by heterodyning pump light and Stokes lasing light from a dual-wavelength Brillouin fiber laser (BFL) is proposed and demonstrated. Stable dual-wavelength output is obtained by adjusting two polarization controllers. A microwave signal is observed and the central frequency of the microwave signal is around 10.75 GHz. A segment of 10 km-long single-mode fiber (SMF) is used as Brillouin gain, and a 4 m long unpumped polarization maintaining erbium-doped fiber (PM-EDF) and micro-ring cavity, which is composed of 2×2 3 dB coupler, suppress unwanted side-modes. A distributed feedback (DFB) semiconductor laser is used as the Brillouin pump (BP). The output of dual-wavelength fiber laser is injected into a optoelectric detecter (PD) with a bandwidth of 50 GHz. An electrial spectrum analyzer (ESA) is used to measure the microwave signal around 10.75 GHz. Linewidth of the microwave signal is around 600 kHz.

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    Jia Qingsong, Wang Tianshu, Zhang Peng, Sun hongwei, Dong Keyan, Liu Xin, Kong Mei, Jiang Huilin. Microwave Signal Generation Based on Dual-Wavelength Brillouin Fiber Laser[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2014, 41(7): 705001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical communication

    Received: Dec. 6, 2013

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: May. 14, 2014

    The Author Email: Qingsong Jia (jiaqingsongcclgdx@gmail.com)

    DOI:10.3788/cjl201441.0705001

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