Multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser employing a nonlinear optical loop mirror

Xinhuan Feng; Hwa Yaw Tam; Heliang Liu; Ping Kong Alexander Wai

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2006.07.010

Multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser employing a nonlinear optical loop mirror

Xinhuan Feng, Hwa Yaw Tam, Heliang Liu, Ping Kong Alexander Wai

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

A stable and broad bandwidth multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser is proposed and demonstrated successfully. A nonlinear optical loop mirror which induces wavelength-dependent cavity loss and behaves as an amplitude equalizer is employed to ensure stable room-temperature multiwavelength operation. Up to 50 wavelengths lasing oscillations with wavelength spacing of 0.8 nm within a 3-dB spectral range of 1562-1605 nm has been achieved. The measured power fluctuation of each wavelength is about 0.1 dB within a 2-h period.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	278-281
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	267
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2006.07.010
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2006

Keywords

Erbium-doped fiber laser
Intensity-dependent loss
Nonlinear optical loop mirror

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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