Tunable multi-wavelength fiber laser based on a polarization-maintaining erbium-doped fiber and a polarization controller

被引:13
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作者
Zhang, Chenfang [1 ]
Liu, Lisong [1 ]
Liu, Zhiming [1 ]
Zheng, Siwen [1 ]
Zhao, Ruifeng [1 ]
Jian, Shuisheng [1 ]
机构
[1] Beijing Jiaotong Univ, Inst Lightwave Technol, Key Lab Opt Network & Adv Telecommun Network EMC, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
关键词
Multi-wavelength laser; Polarization-maintaining fiber; Erbium-doped fiber laser;
D O I
10.1016/j.optcom.2011.01.023
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A stable and tunable multi-wavelength fiber laser with a polarization-maintaining erbium-doped fiber (PM-EDF) and a polarization controller (PC) is proposed and demonstrated. A homemade PM-EDF incorporated in the ring cavity is used as the gain medium. Simultaneous multi-wavelength oscillation is achieved at room temperature. The theory of the PM-EDF and PC to suppress the wavelength competition is described in detail. The 3 dB bandwidth is less than 0.01 nm. The power fluctuation and wavelength shift are measured to be less than 0.5 dB and 0.05 nm over 32 min. The wavelength tuning between single-, double-, triple-, and four-wavelength is realized. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:2550 / 2553
页数:4
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