Multiple wavelength generation with Brillouin/erbium fiber lasers

Author

Cowle, Gregory J. ; Stepanov, Dmitrii Yu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia

Volume

8

Issue

11

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1465

Lastpage

1467

Abstract

Brillouin/erbium fiber lasers, which have recently been demonstrated, operate with a combination of Brillouin gain and gain in erbium-doped fiber. In this letter, we describe techniques for cascading the Brillouin/erbium fiber laser to generate optical combs, and experimentally demonstrate optical comb generation. Internal and external cascading techniques are demonstrated. The line spacing in the combs is approximately 10 GHz, with operation in the 1550-nm region.

Keywords

Brillouin spectra; erbium; fibre lasers; infrared sources; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 GHz; 1550 nm; Brillouin fiber lasers; Er-doped fiber lasers; erbium-doped fiber; external cascading techniques; internal cascading techniques; line spacing; multiple wavelength generation; nm region; optical comb generation; Australia; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fibers; Optical resonators; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.541551

Filename

541551