Switchable dual-wavelength fiber lasers constructed from an Er 3+-doped fiber quasi-ring combined with FBGs

Jianping Yao; Yan Zhou; Yee Loy Lam; Jian Liu; Yong Wang; Chuan S. Tjin

doi:10.1117/12.406324

Switchable dual-wavelength fiber lasers constructed from an Er ³⁺-doped fiber quasi-ring combined with FBGs

Jianping Yao^*, Yan Zhou, Yee Loy Lam, Jian Liu, Yong Wang, Chuan S. Tjin

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Nanyang Technological University

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Abstract

In this paper, we report the development of an Er3-doped dual-wavelength fiber laser constructed from a quasi-ring structure incorporated with two cascaded fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs). A total output power of 8.5 dBm and a mode suppression ratio of more than 50 dB have been obtained in the cw operation case. The mode competition phenomenon for dual wavelengths lasing has been investigated by reducing the wavelength spacing of the two FBGs. With mode locking, switching from one wavelength to the other, and between single- and dual- wavelength lasing has been demonstrated by adjusting the rf frequency of an intensity modulator in the laser cavity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	885-892
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4087
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406324
Publication status	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	Applications of Photonic Technology 4 - Quebec City, QC, Canada Duration: Jun 12 2000 → Jun 12 2000

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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