Single polarization output of erbium-doped DFB fiber laser by self-injection locking

Author

Zhao, Yanjie ; Wang, Qingpu ; Chang, Jun ; Ni, Jiasheng ; Wang, Zongliang

Volume

4

fYear

2011

fDate

29-31 July 2011

Abstract

A simple self-injection locking (SIL) configuration of DFB fiber laser is presented, which is composed of an optical circulator, a isolator and a polarization controller. By injecting the feedback laser into the DFB fiber laser, it can realize the stable single-polarization lasing with a degree of polarization larger than 0.98. And a high resolution phase-shift fiber grating transmission spectrum, output power, and optical spectrum characteristics of the laser are also measured. The results have potential application in optical communication and high sensitive fiber sensors.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical circulators; optical fibre polarisation; optical isolators; erbium-doped DFB fiber laser; high sensitive fiber sensors; optical circulator; optical communication; optical isolator; phase-shift fiber grating transmission spectrum; polarization controller; simple self-injection locking; single polarization output; stable single-polarization lasing; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical pumping; Photodiodes; Stimulated emission; Birefringence; Phase-shift fiber grating; erbium doped DFB fiber lasers; self-injection locking; single polarization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and Optoelectronics (ICEOE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dalian

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-275-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEOE.2011.6013530

Filename

6013530