Multi-wavelength Erbium-doped fiber laser based on four-wave-mixing effect in single mode fiber and high nonlinear fiber

Pinghe Wang; Danmei Weng; Kun Li; Yong Liu; Xuecai Yu; Xiaojun Zhou

doi:10.1364/OE.21.012570

Multi-wavelength Erbium-doped fiber laser based on four-wave-mixing effect in single mode fiber and high nonlinear fiber

Opt Express. 2013 May 20;21(10):12570-8. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.012570.

Authors

Pinghe Wang¹, Danmei Weng, Kun Li, Yong Liu, Xuecai Yu, Xiaojun Zhou

Affiliation

¹ School of Opto-electronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610052, China. wphsci@uestc.edu.cn

PMID: 23736476
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.012570

Abstract

A multi-wavelength Erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser based on four-wave-mixing is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The 5 km single mode fiber in the cavity enhances the four-wave-mixing to suppress the homogenous broadening of the erbium-doped fiber and get the stable multi-wavelength comb. The lasing stability is investigated. When the pump power is 300 mW, the fiber laser has 5-lasing lines and the maximum fluctuation of the output power is about 3.18 dB. At the same time, a laser with 110 m high nonlinear fiber (HNFL) is demonstrated. When the pump power is 300 mW, it has 7-lasing lines (above -30 dBm) and the maximum fluctuation is 0.18dB.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
Lasers, Solid-State*
Nonlinear Dynamics