Widely tunable wavelength spacing dual-wavelength single longitudinal mode erbium doped fiber laser

A simple widely tunable wavelength spacing dual-wavelength single longitudinal mode (SLM) erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) based on cascaded fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and birefringent fiber filter is proposed and demonstrated. Experimental results show that the lasing wavelength spacing is widely tunable in a range from 2 nm to 18 nm, which has potential to generate frequency tunable terahertz (THz) waves by beating the lasing dual-wavelength in a high speed photodetector. The birefringent fiber filter acts as an ultra-narrow bandpass filter and benefits the simultaneous oscillation of dual-wavelength in a single laser cavity. The output peak power of the lasing dual-wavelength is approximately equalized at room temperature, and a high optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) is realized in the whole tuning range. The SLM operation of dual-wavelength fiber laser is verified by Fabry–Perot (F–P) scanning interferometer, and the clear eye diagram proves that the proposed fiber laser is effective in the application of fiber optic communication system.     

A dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with widely tunable wavelength spacing

A stable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser （EDFL） with tunable wavelength spacing and equalized output power is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The fiber laser uses two fiber Fabry-Perot tunable filters （FFP- TFs） as the wavelength filter. The main cavity is divided into two sub-cavities with imbalance cavity losses through a 30/70 optical coupler. The tunable wavelength spacing can be achieved by changing the center wavelength of the filters and the equalized dual-wavelength output power can be achieved by properly controlling the variable optical attenuator （VOA） inserted in the lower-loss cavity.     

Switchable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with tunable wavelength

A switchable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) with tunable wavelength is demonstrated. The ring cavity consists of two branches with a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and a spherical-shape structure as fiber filters, respectively. By adjusting the variable optical attenuator (VOA), the laser can be switched between the single-wavelength mode and the dual-wavelength mode. The spherical-shape structure has good sensitivity to the temperature. When the temperature changes from 30 °C to 190 °C, the central wavelength of the EDFL generated by the branch of spherical-shape structure varies from 1 551.6 nm to 1 561.8 nm, which means that the wavelength interval is tunable.     

Widely tunable/wavelength-swept SLM fiber laser with ultra-narrow linewidth and ultra-high OSNR

We propose and demonstrate a novel single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) capable of operating at fixed-wavelength lasing mode with a tunable range more than 54 nm, an ultra-narrow linewidth of 473 Hz and an ultra-high optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) more than 72 dB, or operating at wavelength-swept mode with tunable sweep rate of 10—200 Hz and a sweep range more than 50 nm. The excellent features mainly benefit from a triple-ring subring cavity constructed by three optical couplers nested one another and a fiber Fabry-Pérot tunable filter which can be driven by a constant voltage or a periodic sweep voltage for fixed or wavelength-swept operation, respectively. The proposed EDFL has potential applications in high-resolution spectroscopy and fiber optic sensing.     

Tunable and switchable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on in-line tapered fiber filters

A tunable and switchable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser(EDFL) based on all-fiber single-mode tapered fiber structure has been demonstrated. By adjusting the variable optical attenuator(VOA), the laser can be switched between the single-wavelength mode and the dual-wavelength mode. When the temperature applied on the tapered fiber structure varies, the pass-band varies and the wavelength of the output laser shifts correspondingly. When the temperature changes from 30 °C to 180 °C, the central wavelength of the EDFL generated by branch A shifts from 1 550.7 nm to 1 560.3 nm, while that of branch B shifts from 1 530.8 nm to 1 540.4 nm, indicating the wavelength interval is tunable. These advantages enable this laser to be a potential candidate for high-capacity wavelength division multiplexing systems and mechanical sensors.     

Tunable and Switchable Fiber Ring Laser Among Four Wavelengths With Ultranarrow Wavelength Spacing Using a Quadruple-Transmission-Band Fiber Bragg Grating Filter

Four$pi$-phase shifts are introduced in a uniform fiber Bragg grating (FBG) structure to realize a quadruple-transmission-band filter with ultranarrow 40-pm wavelength spacing. Four separate single-wavelength lasings at 1552.60, 1552.63, 1552.67, and 1552.71 nm, and three pairs of dual-wavelength lasings among above four wavelengths, are achieved stably by incorporating the quadruple-transmission-band FBG filter in a fiber ring cavity with a tunable uniform FBG acting as coarse frequency selection. This new kind of laser will be very useful in applications requiring closely spaced and tunable single- or dual-wavelength components.     

Tunable and narrow linewidth multi-wavelength Brill- ouin-erbium fiber laser using dual-wavelength pumping

We demonstrate a multi-wavelength Brillouin-erbium fiber laser (BEFL) with narrow linewidth and tunable wavelength interval using dual-wavelength Brillouin pumping. The generation of multi-wavelength output in BEFL is based on the combination of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) and four-wave mixing (FWM) effect in a fiber cavity. The tunable wavelength interval is determined by the artificially controlled wavelength interval of the pumping lasers. The BEFL could compress a 1 MHz pump laser to a 340 Hz Brillouin Stokes laser, which proves the BEFL has excellent capability of linewidth compression. An erbium-doped fiber pumped by 980 nm laser is inserted into the cavity to further amplify the Brillouin laser. The wideband multi-wavelength BEFL covering over 50 nm is successfully generated when the 980 nm pump power is 400 mW. These features of multi-wavelength BEFL provide an effective method for optical communication systems and optical fiber sensing.     

Beating frequency tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with one fiber Bragg grating

A tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) is proposed and demonstrated. By applying axial and lateral strain simultaneously on the fiber Bragg grating (FBG), the absolute wavelength and wavelength spacing of the EDFL can be tuned continuously. The FBG used included not only the FBG fabricated in standard single-mode fiber, but also the FBG in polarization-maintaining fiber. The experiment results are similar.     

Stable and widely tunable wavelength-spacing single longitudinal mode dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser

In this paper, a novel and simple widely tunable wavelength-spacing single longitudinal mode (SLM) dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) based on the tunable filter group, a passive feedback fiber ring (FFR) and saturable absorber (SA), is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. Experiment results show that the wavelength spacing can tune from 0.8 nm up to 17 nm, which has potential to generate terahertz (THz) waves by photo-mixing the lasing wavelengths in a high-speed photo-detector, and the maximum fluctuation of peak power of EDFL is less than 0.37 dB within 75 min and the optical signal-to-noise ratio is more than 30 dB at room temperature. In the absence of high-speed photo-detector, THz beat-note is also successively observed with the help of an autocorrelator. Moreover, dual-wavelength fiber laser can selectively realize one wavelength lasing by simply tuning filters.     

单FBG双波长掺铒光纤激光器的设计与实验研究

为给密集波分复用(DWDM)光纤通信及光纤传感系统提供理想光源,设计了一种双波长环形腔掺铒光纤激光器。该激光器采用单支光纤光栅(FBG)和2个3dB耦合器构成可调谐光滤波器,结合多模光纤的偏振烧孔效应,通过改变系统的偏振态来获得波长可调谐的双波长激光输出。实验结果表明:改变系统的偏振态时,可分别获得单波长和双波长激光输出,双波长光纤激光器的最大波长差为4.692nm。引入多模光纤后,激光跳模现象得到明显抑制。     

偏振控制C波段波长可调谐掺铒光纤激光器

报道了一种结构简单的波长可调谐掺铒光纤激光器。该光纤激光器由增益平坦型掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)、偏振相关光隔离器、光纤偏振控制器及输出耦合器组成。利用光纤偏振控制器和偏振相关光隔离器作为波长调谐器件,实现了光纤激光器的波长可调谐输出及双波长输出。利用琼斯矩阵理论分析了光纤激光器腔内不同波长的损耗与偏振控制器状态的关系,指出通过调节光纤偏振控制器,光纤激光器可以实现波长可调谐输出,同时阐述了光纤激光器双波长输出的机制。实验上获得了中心波长在1542~1564nm连续可调,平均功率大于2.6mW,边模抑制比大于35dB的连续激光输出。同时获得了波长为1549nm和1564nm的双波长连续激光输出。     

基于级联多模布拉格光栅和高精细度滤波器的可调谐双波长窄线宽掺铒光纤激光器

提出了一个基于级联多模布拉格光栅和新型的高精细度滤波器的可调谐双波长窄线宽掺铒光纤激光器的结构。环形滤波器由两个耦合器和一段经过泵浦的掺铒光纤组成,由于掺铒光纤产生增益,滤波器产生高精细度的频率响应,能够滤掉掺铒光纤激光器的不需要的纵模,从而起到窄化激光器线宽的作用。实验过程中,由多模光栅的选频特性产生六种窄线宽双波长的组合,激光器的线宽由不加滤波器的0.14~0.16 nm 被压窄窄化到0.05 nm。     

A tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser using a self-seeded Fabry-Perot laser diode

A tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser using a self-seeded Fabry-Perot laser diode (FP-LD) is proposed and demonstrated. By adding an FP-LD incorporated with a tunable bandpass filter within the ring cavity, the fiber laser can lase two wavelengths simultaneously because of the self-seeded mechanism. This dual-wavelength output exhibits a good performance having the optical side-mode suppression ratio over 31 dB. The wavelength-tuning range of this tunable dual-wavelength fiber laser can be up to 9 nm.     

A switchable and tunable ytterbium-doped fiber ring laser with a Sagnac loop mirror

A switchable and tunable ytterbium-doped fiber ring laser(YDFL) is reported and demonstrated. Employing a Sagnac loop mirror fabricated by an 85-cm-long polarization-maintaining fiber(PMF), the proposed YDFL can operate with stable dual-wavelength lasing or tunable single-wavelength lasing around 1 064 nm. Both stable dual-wavelength lasing and tunable single-wavelength lasing are achieved by adjusting a polarization controller in the Sagnac loop mirror. The experimental results show that the output of the proposed fiber laser with two different operation modes is rather stable at room temperature.     

基于镀铜长周期FBG的波长可调谐环形光纤激光器

将采用化学镀铜膜技术封装的长周期光纤光栅（LPFG）串人环形腔中,设计了一种新颖的波长可调谐掺Er3＋光纤激光器（EDFL）。铜镀膜（化学涂镀）的LPFG在激光器环腔中用作带阻滤波器,利用恒电流源调节LPFG所处温度场,影响LPFG透射谱,改变激光器环形腔增益最高点,实现输出激光波长的可调谐。在LPFG环境温度调谐20...     

基于重叠光栅的双波长掺铒光子晶体光纤激光器

提出了一种基于光纤重叠光栅的双波长光子晶体光纤激光器。激光器采用线形腔结构,掺铒光子晶体光纤为激光器的增益介质,反射率均高于99%的光纤重叠光栅用作激光器的波长选择器件。基于增益均衡技术,抑制谐振腔内的模式竞争,在室温下获得了稳定的双波长激光同时输出。实验结果表明:其3 dB线宽小于0.02 nm,30 dB线宽小于0.25 nm,SMSR为54.34 dB,双波长激光的中心波长间隔为0.932 nm。该双波长激光器输出的双波长激光具有较好的稳定性。     

单纵模多环形腔掺铒光纤激光器及其稳定性

介绍了一种多环形腔结构(MRC)的单纵模(SLM)掺铒光纤激光器(EDFL).这种激光器通过在主环形腔中插入充当模式滤波器的三个长度不等的无源次级环形腔,并结合腔内光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)形成多环形腔掺铒光纤激光器结构,多环形谐振腔可保证激光器的单纵模输出。讨论了使激光器运行在单纵模状态的谐振腔理论。同时,为了提高系统输出的频率稳定性,采用外光注入方法有效地抑制了模式跳变和拍噪声,改善了输出谱特性。实验得到在1550.225nm处输出功率约3.6dBm,信噪比(SNR)>35dB的单纵模输出光,且测得线宽小于500Hz.     

基于DMD滤波器的波长间隔可调谐的双波长单纵模光纤环形激光器

提出一种稳定的波长间隔可调谐的双波长单纵模环形光纤激光器。在复合环形谐振腔中,采用由数字微镜装置（DMD）滤波器和两个不同长度的次级环形谐振腔组成的多重滤波的方式来选择激光器的工作模式。其中,DMD滤波器可以从掺铒光纤的自发增益谱中任意选择两个波长并将它们耦合进光路中;次级环形谐振腔作为模式滤波器,可以保证激光器输出单纵模激射;利用非线性光子晶体光纤（HN-PCF）的四波混频（FWM）效应,使激光器输出均衡平稳的双波长激射。在室温条件下,不用移动实验装置中的任何器件,通过将位置不同的光栅映射在DMD滤波器上来实现双波长间隔可调谐,调谐范围为0.165nm到1.08nm,调谐步长为0.055nm。     

基于重叠光栅和啁啾光栅的双波长光纤激光器

研究光寻址电位传感器(LAPS)的器件噪声特性 。通过对LAPS半导体场效应器件的结构分析,建 立LAPS的理论模型,并进一步分析LAPS器件噪声信号的来源、种类及特性。以 pH缓冲液中H离子 浓度为检测对象,搭建基于NI采集卡和Labview环境的LAPS测试系统,对影响LAPS信号噪声 特性的光源 波长、光源调制频率、光源强度和Si衬底厚度等因素进行了仿真和实验研究。结果表明,增 大光源波长和光源强度 是提高输出信号幅值和信噪比(SNR)的最有效方法。     

可调谐光纤激光器及其在光纤传感中的应用

综述了可调谐掺铒光纤激光器的工作原理、研究现状，分析了调谐中有待解决的主要技术问题。介绍了可调谐掺铒光纤激光技术在光纤光栅传感中的应用，提出了一种新的基于可调谐掺铒光纤激光技术的波长检测方案，指出了该系统目前存在的问题。