Switchable Multi-Wavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers based on a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Using a Twin-Core Fiber
FENG Su-Chun, XU Ou, LU Shao-Hua, JIAN Shui-Sheng
Institute of Lightwave Technology, Key Lab of All Optical Network and Advanced Telecommunication Network of EMC, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044
Switchable Multi-Wavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers based on a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Using a Twin-Core Fiber
FENG Su-Chun, XU Ou, LU Shao-Hua, JIAN Shui-Sheng
Institute of Lightwave Technology, Key Lab of All Optical Network and Advanced Telecommunication Network of EMC, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044
摘要A switchable multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser based on a compact in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer comb filter at room temperature is presented. The comb filter is formed by splicing a section of twin-core fiber between two single mode fibers. By adjusting the states of the polarization controller appropriately, the laser can be made to operate in stable single-, dual- and three-wavelength lasing states. The operation principle is based on spectral hole burning induced by the saturated effect and polarization hole burning.
Abstract：A switchable multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser based on a compact in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer comb filter at room temperature is presented. The comb filter is formed by splicing a section of twin-core fiber between two single mode fibers. By adjusting the states of the polarization controller appropriately, the laser can be made to operate in stable single-, dual- and three-wavelength lasing states. The operation principle is based on spectral hole burning induced by the saturated effect and polarization hole burning.
FENG Su-Chun;XU Ou;LU Shao-Hua;JIAN Shui-Sheng. Switchable Multi-Wavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers based on a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Using a Twin-Core Fiber[J]. 中国物理快报, 2009, 26(6): 64208-064208.
FENG Su-Chun, XU Ou, LU Shao-Hua, JIAN Shui-Sheng. Switchable Multi-Wavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers based on a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Using a Twin-Core Fiber. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2009, 26(6): 64208-064208.
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