Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 9, Issue 3, 031401(2011)
Widely tunable linear-cavity multiwavelength fiber laser with distributed Brillouin scattering
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," Chin. Opt. Lett. 9, 031401 (2011)
Category: Lasers and Laser Optics
Received: Aug. 12, 2010
Accepted: Dec. 14, 2010
Published Online: Mar. 4, 2011
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