An insertion loss insensitive and mean wavelength stable polarized superfluorescent fiber source

Author

Wang, L.A. ; Lee, C.D. ; Su, H.C. ; Chang, J.F.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

633

Lastpage

634

Abstract

In conclusion, we have developed a linear polarized superfluorescent fibre source (SFS) in double pass backward (DPB) configuration by inserting a polarizer between the rear WDM and the fiber mirror. Compared with the conventional unpolarized SFS, the current polarized SFS can provide nearly 1.7 times power when pumped at the same level. In addition, our polarized DPB SFS shows less sensitivity to the insertion loss and conserves the mean wavelength stability over a large pump power region as the conventional DPB SFS.

Keywords

light sources; mirrors; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical polarisers; optical pumping; stability; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; double pass backward configuration; fiber mirror; insertion loss; insertion loss insensitive; large pump power region; linear polarized superfluorescent fibre source; mean wavelength stability; mean wavelength stable; polarized superfluorescent fiber source; polarizer; rear WDM; sensitivity; wavelength stable polarized superfluorescent fiber source; Insertion loss; Mirrors; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power measurement; Stability; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036612

Filename

1036612