Suspended-core fiber Sagnac combined dual-random mirror Raman fiber laser

Opt Express. 2011 Jun 6;19(12):11906-15. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.011906.

Abstract

In the present work, a multiwavelength fiber laser based in the combination of a double-random mirror and a suspended-core Sagnac interferometer is presented. The double-random mirror acts by itself as a random laser, presenting a 30dB SNR, as result of multiple Rayleigh scattering events produced in the dispersion compensating fibers by the Raman amplification. The suspended-core fiber Sagnac interferometer provides the multi peak channeled spectrum, which can be tuned by changing the length of the fiber. The result of this combination is a stable multiwavelength peak laser with a minimum of ~25dB SNR, which is highly sensitive to polarization induced variations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't