Title :
Stable multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser by using dispersion-shifted fiber
Author :
Gao, Ying ; Chen, Daru ; Gao, Shiming
Author_Institution :
Centre for Opt. & Electromagn. Res., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou
Abstract :
A multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with a simple line-structure is achieved by employing a Sagnac interferometer. It is demonstrated to be quite stable at room temperature due to the four-wave mixing effect in the dispersion-shifted fiber inserted in the laser cavity.
Keywords :
Sagnac interferometers; erbium; fibre lasers; multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; Sagnac interferometer; dispersion-shifted fiber; four-wave mixing effect; multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser feedback; Laser stability; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391316
