• DocumentCode
    3123394
  • Title

    Modeling of multiwavelength laser with saturable homogeneous gain and nonlinear loss

  • Author

    Li, Feng ; Zheng, Huan ; Feng, Xinhuan ; Wai, P.K.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    13-17 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We theoretically studied the operation of a laser with homogeneous gain and nonlinear loss. Multi-wavelength operation is possible because the nonlinear loss provides an adaptive balance to the different gain values at different wavelengths.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; laser theory; optical losses; optical saturation; adaptive balance; intensity dependent loss mechanism; multiwavelength laser modeling; nonlinear loss; saturable homogeneous gain; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Filters; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical losses; Photonics; Power lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4102-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4103-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2009.5218074
  • Filename
    5218074