Title :
Multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with a nonlinear optical fiber loop mirror
Author :
Liu, S. ; Dong, X.Y. ; Sun, J. ; Shum, P.
Author_Institution :
Division of Optoelectronic Devices and Integration, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, 430074, China
Abstract :
In this paper, we proposed a stable room temperature multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser by incorporating a section of Highly Nonlinear Fiber (HNLF) and a Polarization Maintaining Fiber (PMF) based Sagnac filter. The laser is able to realize 16∼ wavelengths simultaneous lasing spaced at 0.4nm with an extinction ratio of higher than 50dB and excellent stability within the power non-uniformity of less than 0.5dB.
Keywords :
Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Extinction ratio; Laser stability; Mirrors; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Power lasers; Sagnac interferometers; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
