Optofluidically tunable multimode interference erbium doped fiber laser

Author

Antonio-Lopez, J.E. ; Hernandez-Romano, I. ; May-Arrioja, D.A. ; Sanchez-Mondragon, J.J. ; LiKamWa, P.

Author_Institution

Opt. Dept., Photonics & Opt. Phys. Lab., Puebla, Mexico

fYear

2010

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

81

Abstract

A stable optofluidically tunable fiber laser based on Multimode Interference (MMI) effect is experimentally demonstrated. The tuning mechanism relies on modifying the effective width of the multimode fiber (MMF) using a liquid with a specific refractive index, which in turns tunes the peak wavelength of the filter. We easily demonstrate a tunability of almost 40 nm with a side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of 47 dBm, and a 3dB bandwidth of 0.4 nm. The laser was operated at room temperature without any thermal control and the wavelength peak was very stable.

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; light interference; refractive index; Jk:Er; fiber laser; multimode fiber; optofluidically tunable multimode interference; refractive index; side-mode suppression ratio; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Tuning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Playa del Carmen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3730-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3731-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553672

Filename

5553672