Title :
Spectrum engineering of multiwavelength erbium doped fiber lasers with intensity-dependent loss
Author :
Li, Feng ; Feng, Xinhuan ; Lu, C. ; Tam, H.Y. ; Wai, P.K.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon, China
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
We studied multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber lasers with intensity-dependent loss using rate equations. Pump power, cavity loss and the parameters of the intensity-dependent loss are varied to engineer the lasing spectrum. Experiments agree with simulation results.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; cavity loss; intensity-dependent loss; lasing spectrum; multiwavelength fiber lasers; pump power; rate equations; spectrum engineering; Cavity resonators; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193836
