150-Channel Four Wave Mixing Based Multiwavelength Brillouin-Erbium Doped Fiber Laser

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作者：
Al-Alimi, A. W. [1 ,2 ]
Yaacob, M. H. [1 ,2 ]
Abas, A. F. [1 ,2 ]
Mahdi, M. A. [1 ,2 ]
Mokhtar, M. [1 ,2 ]
Al-Mansoori, M. H. [3 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Putra Malaysia, Wireless & Photon Networks Res Ctr, Upm Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
[2] Univ Putra Malaysia, Fac Engn, Dept Comp & Commun Syst Engn, Photon & Fiber Opt Syst Lab, Upm Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
[3] Sohar Univ, Fac Engn, Sohar 311, Oman
来源：
IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL | 2013年 / 5卷 / 04期
关键词：
140.3460; Lasers; 140.3500; erbium; 140.3510; fiber; 140.3600; tunable; GENERATION;
D O I：
10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2271713
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
A wide band tunable multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium fiber laser (BEFL) is developed. In this structure, the laser is formed between a double pass amplification box and a highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF), which acts as a virtual mirror, results in removing the reflective physical mirror from one side of the laser structure. A large number of Stokes and anti-Stokes lines are generated through cascading stimulated Brillouin scattering and inducing four wave mixing process inside the HNLF. Due to optimizing Brillouin and erbium doped fiber (EDF) pump powers, the Rayleigh back scattering is efficiently suppressed, and the generated BEFL wavelengths are free from self lasing cavity modes over a wide tuning range. At EDF pump power and Brillouin pump power of 100mW and 3 dBm, respectively, up to 150 Stokes lines with wavelength spacing of 0.076 nm, and a tuning range of 40 nm were achieved.
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