Four-wave-mixing-assisted room-temperature four-wavelength erbium-doped fiber lasers

被引：3
作者：
Yang, Xiufeng
Lu, Fuyun
Dong, Xinyong
Li, Zhaohui
Zhou, Xiaoqun
Lu, Chao
机构：
[1] Inst Infocomm Res, Singapore 119613, Singapore
[2] Nankai Univ, Inst Phys, Tianjin 300071, Peoples R China
[3] Nanyang Technol Univ, Network Technol Res Ctr, Singapore 637553, Singapore
[4] Inst Infocomm Res, Singapore 119613, Singapore
来源：
OPTICAL ENGINEERING | 2006年 / 45卷 / 06期
关键词：
erbium-doped fiber; four-wave mixing; fiber ring laser; multiwave-length lasing; fiber Bragg grating;
D O I：
10.1117/1.2212409
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We propose and demonstrate a novel four-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser using four-wave mixing (FWM). By inserting a length of highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber (HNPCF) in the laser cavity and using two fiber Bragg gratings as the wavelength-selecting components, four stable wavelengths with equal spacing have been realized at room temperature. The energy-conversion-induced loss caused by the FWM, which happens in the HNPCF among the two oscillating laser lines and the FWM products, is believed to contribute to the stable multiwavelength operation by suppressing the wavelength competition between the two laser lines. (c) 2006 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
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