Amplitude equilibrium dual-wavelength fiber laser through brillouin pump recycling technique

Author

Shee Yu Gang ; Mahdi, M.A. ; Al-Mansoori, M.H. ; Ismail, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Commun. Syst. Eng., Univ. Putra Malaysia, Serdang

fYear

2008

fDate

1-3 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A simple structure for amplitude equilibrium dual-wavelength fiber laser is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. This structure is based on the Brillouin Stokes generation in a 6.7 km single mode optical fiber (SMF) spool. Counter-propagating Stokes is generated in the SMF as the injected Brillouin pump exceeds the threshold and the transmitted Brillouin pump signal at the other end of SMF is recycled to the SMF which acts as the Brillouin gain medium by an optical mirror. The reflected Brillouin pump amplifies the generated Stokes line and reduces the Brillouin pump threshold. With 12.44 mW Brillouin pump peak power, dual wavelength output peak power at -11.08 dBm and -11.16 dBm with 10.98 GHz spacing are obtained.

Keywords

Brillouin spectra; fibre lasers; laser beams; light propagation; mirrors; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; optical transmitters; Brillouin Stokes generation; Brillouin gain medium; Brillouin pump peak power; Brillouin pump recycling technique; Brillouin pump signal transmission; Brillouin pump threshold; amplitude equilibrium dual-wavelength fiber laser; counter-propagating stokes; distance 6.7 km; frequency 10.98 GHz; optical mirror; power 12.44 mW; single-mode optical fiber spool; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Recycling; Signal generators; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Design, 2008. ICED 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Penang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2315-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2315-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICED.2008.4786705

Filename

4786705