Tunable multiwavelength fiber ring lasers using a programmable high-birefringence fiber loop mirror

We demonstrate a comb filter with digitally tunable wavelength spacing using a programmable high-birefringence (HiBi) fiber loop mirror (FLM). We then use the HiBi-FLM to implement a tunable multiwavelength semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based fiber ring laser and a tunable multiwavelength all-fiber Raman ring laser. Both lasers exhibit stable room-temperature operation and have a wavelength spacing that is digitally tunable between 1.6 and 3.2 nm. With the SOA-based configuration, we obtain six wavelengths with a spacing of 3.2 nm and 11 wavelengths with a spacing of 1.6 nm; with the all-fiber Raman-based configuration, we obtain four wavelengths with a spacing of 3.2 nm and five wavelengths with a spacing of 1.6 nm.     

Multiwavelength Operation of Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers by Periodic Filtering and Phase Modulation

This paper explains the principles behind multiwavelength operation of an erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) under the combined effect of cavity phase modulation and periodic wavelength filtering. A mathematical model is developed to simulate the behaviour of the multiwavelength EDFL, both in time and frequency domains. The effects of various parameters such as pump power, filter channel spacing, modulation index and frequency are observed and explained. An all-fiber EDFL was constructed, using a piezo-transducer-based phase modulator and a Sagnac loop periodic filter, to validate the theoretical results. The effects of pump power, modulation frequency and modulation index were monitored experimentally, justifying the theoretical explanation. The multiwavelength EDFL has several potential applications in fiber sensing due to its flexible all-fiber design.     

Higher order repetition rate multiplication for multiwavelength pulsed source

We demonstrate a polarization-insensitive all-fiber approach for higher order repetition rate multiplication of laser pulses using a birefringence loop mirror filter. Owing to the periodicity and wide bandwidth characteristic of the filter, simultaneous repetition rate multiplication of pulses at different wavelengths can be achieved. The repetition rates of a mode-locked fiber laser and an externally modulated multiwavelength laser source have been multiplied, respectively, by a factor of four. A 160-GHz total capacity, with four individual channels each operating at 40 GHz, has been experimentally demonstrated.     

Single-longitudinal-mode multiwavelength fiber ring laser

A single-longitudinal-mode multiwavelength fiber ring laser is proposed and demonstrated. The single-longitudinal-mode operation is realized using a fiber loop mirror with a saturable absorber. The fiber loop mirror acts as a passive self-tracking narrow multiband optical filter. Single-longitudinal-mode multiwavelength lasing is generated by using either a Lyot-Sagnac filter or a fiber grating array.     

Multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber Fabry-Pe/spl acute/rot laser and its uniform spectral lines power operation

Multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser by means of phase modulation in a linear cavity configuration is presented. Stable multiwavelength lasing is achieved by applying any one of the waveforms of sine, square, sawtoothed, and triangular at a suitable frequency between 500 Hz to a few tens of kilohertz to the phase modulator. The output spectral lines power equalization is performed by adjusting the frequency to drive the all-fiber phase modulator and the polarization controller or dc offset voltage of a LiNbO/sub 3/ amplitude modulator, which is incorporated in a polarization-maintaining fiber Lyot-Sagnac filter.     

Lasing wavelength and spacing switchable multiwavelength fiber laser from 1510 to 1620 nm

We experimentally demonstrate a flexibly switchable multiwavelength fiber laser with multiple functionalities like a wide tuning range of lasing wavelength, wavelength spacing, and the number of channels simultaneously. The lasing wavelength is controlled in the range from 1510 to 1620 nm based on the effect of nonlinear gain compression of a semiconductor optical amplifier incorporated with an erbium-doped fiber amplifier. The wavelength spacing and the number of channels in the multiwavelength fiber laser are readily controlled by the effective length of polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF) segments in the intracavity PMF Lyot-Sagnac filter.     

Stable and broad bandwidth multiwavelength fiber ring laser incorporating a highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber

A stable and broad bandwidth multiwavelength fiber ring laser suitable for use in dense wavelength-division-multiplexing systems is demonstrated. A highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber is inserted in the ring cavity to stabilize the power fluctuation and broaden the output spectrum. A thin-film Fabry-Pe/spl acute/rot etalon filter is used to get stable wavelength lasing. A Sagnac filter is employed to achieve uniform power distribution at each wavelength at the laser output. A laser with a power fluctuation about 0.1 dB in each wavelength within 20 min and with wavelength shift of less than 0.016 nm within 10 min is achieved. A stable 24-wavelength lasing operation with wavelength spacing of 0.8 nm within the 3-dB spectral range of 1573-1594 nm and signal-to-noise ratio better than 48 dB is observed experimentally.     

Tunable multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium fiber laser with a polarization-maintaining fiber Sagnac loop filter

We demonstrate the generation of 12-wavelength comb with 14.5-nm tunable range in the Brillouin-Erbium fiber laser. This is achieved through tuning the gain profile of Erbium-doped fiber by a Sagnac loop filter with 18-cm polarization-maintaining fiber, in conjunction with modifying the wavelength of Brillouin pump. The experiment also demonstrates that the tunable range is closely equal to the 3-dB bandwidth of Sagnac loop filter due to its periodic transmission profile. Meanwhile, the effect of the 980-nm pump on the tunable multiwavelength generation is investigated. The power of 980-nm pump has a great effect on the wavelength number and the output power of the generated multiwavelength comb, but little on the tunable range. This technique may be applicable to multiwavelength operation lasers with a large tunable range.     

全光纤掺镱激光器实现锁模和多波长输出

利用半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)和光纤环形镜(FLM)分别作为腔镜,实现了线形腔结构的全光纤掺镱激光器.通过调节偏振控制器(PC)和抽运功率得到了调Q、调Q锁模、连续锁模、二次谐波、三次谐波、多波长等多种输出状态.其中连续锁模状态可实现开机自启动,脉冲宽度31 ps,单脉冲能量40 pJ,重复频率19.3 MHz,...     

采用复合滤波器的温度可调谐多波长光纤激光器

提出了一种基于复合光纤滤波器的在室温下稳定输出多波长掺铒光纤激光器,该激光器由两个级联球状结构的马赫-增德尔干涉仪（MZI）和一个双折射光纤滤波器-Lyot滤波器组成。球状结构MZI是由光纤熔接机在一段单模光纤（SMF）放电设计而成的。Lyot双折射光纤滤波器是利用一段保偏光纤（PMF）和两个偏振控制器（PC）连接而成,该结构可以诱导非线性偏振旋转效应和双折射光纤效应来抑制模式竞争产生多波长。Lyot滤波器和球状结构的MZI作为模式限制器件,并且Lyot滤波器对级联球状结构MZI的透射谱进行调制,其透射谱周期决定了复合滤波器结构的透射谱周期。在室温下,该系统实现了边模抑制比约为40 dB的九个波长的同时激射,且波长间隔约为0.68 nm,与Lyot滤波器透射谱周期一致。为了验证输出波长的稳定性,在2 h内,每隔10 min观察输出的波长,实验证明,室温下中心波长输出功率的浮动小于0.67 dB。此外,将两个球状结构MZI放置在高温炉上,使其外界温度从30℃升至110℃时,输出波长光谱的调谐范围可达到6.69 nm。     

Tunable multiwavelength fiber laser employing a comb filter based on a polarization-diversity loop configuration

A tunable multiwavelength fiber laser based on a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is newly proposed. The proposed fiber laser employs a fiber comb filter based on a polarization-diversity loop configuration (PDLC) for the multiwavelength selection. The spectral characteristic of the comb filter is graphically explained by tracing the state of polarization (SOP) of the light propagating through the filter on the Poincare sphere. Particularly, the method of adjusting the filter characteristics is established with the help of the Poincare-sphere representation. The experimental results show that 18 laser lines oscillate with the signal to amplified spontaneous emission noise ratio over 25 dB. Particularly, all of the laser lines with a fixed channel spacing of /spl sim/ 0.8 nm can be continuously shifted by adjusting only a wave plate contained within the filter.     

被动锁模光纤激光器的多模式输出

被动锁模光纤激光器腔体结构简单,可以实现全光纤集成,是产生超短脉冲的有效方法,而非线性偏振旋转又是其中最重要、最简单的被动锁模方法。为了研究基于非线性偏振旋转被动锁模光纤激光器存在的多种不同工作模式,采用实验方法,得到了包括正常孤子态,多脉冲束缚态,噪声像脉冲态等输出模式。结果表明,基于非线性偏振旋转被动锁模光纤激光器存在多种不同的工作模式。     

Multiwavelength Fiber Optical Parametric Oscillator

We demonstrate, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, a multiwavelength fiber ring laser using a continuous-wave dual-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier (FOPA) as gain medium. In the ring cavity, two high-power pumps are injected into a spool of 1-km highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber to generate the parametric gain, and a superimposed chirped fiber Bragg grating is used as the comb-like filter. Benefiting from the high and flat gain of the dual-pump FOPA, seven lasing lines around 1.55 mum with wavelength spacing of 1 nm have been obtained. Each lasing line has a linewidth of as narrow as 20 pm and an extinction ratio of > 30 dB. The proposed mechanism using a dual-pump FOPA as gain medium is a promising alternative for generating multiwavelength laser.     

1.7 μm全光纤锁模脉冲掺铥光纤激光器研究

1.7 μm超短脉冲光纤激光器在生物成像和材料加工等领域具有重要的应用前景,受到了科学家们的极大关注。基于非线性偏振旋转锁模技术,实验搭建了全光纤结构的1.7 μm锁模脉冲掺铥光纤激光器。通过在激光器内加入光纤滤波器抑制掺铥光纤中的长波激光发射,同时采用纤芯泵浦的方式有效获得了1.7 μm波段的增益。激光器输出脉冲的光谱中心波长为1733 nm,3 dB带宽为6.3 nm。锁模脉冲的重复频率为19.56 MHz,平均功率为1.4 mW。同时,数值模拟了脉冲在激光器的腔内演化。文中提出的1.7 μm全光纤锁模激光器有利于进一步提高1.7 μm激光源的稳定性和集成度,在生物成像等领域具有重要的应用价值。     

Multiwavelength generation in an erbium-doped fiber laser using in-fiber comb filters

Simultaneous continuous wave multiwavelength operation of an erbium-doped fiber laser has been demonstrated using two types of recently developed in-fiber grating comb filters. The lasing wavelengths and linewidths were determined by the comb filter, which was inserted in a ring cavity with a single inhomogeneously broadened gain medium.     

46 × 2.5 GHz Mode-Locked Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser With 25-GHz Spacing

We demonstrate a mode-locked, multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser at 2.5 GHz with 25-GHz channel spacing and that is wavelength tunable from 1545 to 1558 nm. Stable, room-temperature operation is obtained by exploiting four-wave mixing in a length of highly nonlinear fiber. At a central wavelength of 1549.5 nm, we obtain 30 wavelengths within 3 dB and 46 wavelengths within 6 dB; the full-width at half-maximum of the envelope is 85 ps.     

Self-starting, passively mode-locked Fabry-Perot fiber solitonlaser using nonlinear polarization evolution

The authors demonstrate pure self-starting mode-locked operation in a fiber Fabry-Perot cavity. The laser produces 1.6 ps transform-limited soliton pulses by means of nonlinear polarization evolution in conjunction with an intracavity fiber polarizer. This laser system can be used for the generation and study of soliton pulses in the picosecond regime. With a careful choice of the fiber dispersion and fiber length, the system should also be able to operate in the femtosecond regime. The advantage of the system over existing self-starting fiber soliton lasers is that an optical isolator (an expensive component) is not required. The replacement of the two mirrors with fiber reflection gratings would make this configuration a truly all-fiber device     

Dual-Wavelength DFB Fiber Laser Based on a Chirped Structure and the Equivalent Phase Shift Method

A chirped phase-shifted structure is demonstrated for compact multiwavelength distributed feedback (DFB) fiber laser at room temperature for the first time. The chirped structure provides separated resonance cavities and then the stable multiwavelength operation. The equivalent phase shift method is demonstrated to realize the desired chirp and phase shifts simply and flexibly. A 44-pm-spaced dual-wavelength DFB fiber laser is then achieved experimentally, which is the narrowest spacing ever reported for a compact multiwavelength fiber laser.     

Characterization of wavelength-tunable single-frequency fiber laser employing acoustooptic tunable filter

This paper demonstrates and characterizes a novel wavelength-tunable single-frequency erbium-doped fiber ring laser incorporating an all-fiber acoustooptic tunable bandpass filter and a self-constructed saturable absorption grating (SAG). Stable single-longitudinal-mode operation was achieved over the wavelength range of 48 nm with a sidemode suppression ratio higher than 50 dB. The wavelength tuning characteristics, and the laser dynamics in wavelength switching and sweeping are analyzed in detail. A theoretical analysis on the effect of the SAG is also described.     

Alternate multiwavelength modelocked fiber laser

We demonstrate alternate mode-locking of three 30-ps pulse trains at three different wavelengths, each at a repetition rate of 3.8 GHz. The successive multiwavelength pulsed operation is reached in an actively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser in which an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer has been introduced. This component plays both the role of intensity modulator and tunable filter.