Random Distributed Feedback Fiber Laser Based on Combination of Er-Doped Fiber and Single-Mode Fiber

Author

Wei Li Zhang ; Shi Wei Li ; Rui Ma ; Yun Jiang Rao ; Ye Yu Zhu ; Zi Nan Wang ; Xin Hong Jia ; Jin Li

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Opt. Fiber Sensing & Commun. (Educ. Minist. of China), Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

Volume

21

Issue

1

fYear

2015

fDate

Jan.-Feb. 2015

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

49

Abstract

Random distributed feedback fiber laser (RDF-FL) based on combination of Er-doped fiber (EDF) and single-mode fiber (SMF) is proposed in this paper. Through pumping of both the EDF (i.e., 1480 nm pump) and the SMF (i.e., 1455 nm pump), random lasing is obtained. With increase of pump powers, different transitions between chaotic and stable status of the output spectrum are observed. Especially, single-peak random lasing can be obtained under the stable operation regime.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; erbium; fibre lasers; laser modes; laser stability; laser transitions; optical chaos; optical pumping; EDF; Er-doped fiber; SMF; chaotic status; output spectrum; pump power; random distributed feedback fiber laser; single-mode fiber; single-peak random lasing; stable operation regime; wavelength 1455 nm; wavelength 1480 nm; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Er-doped fiber (EDF); Raman; Random fiber laser; Rayleigh scattering; distributed feedback;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2344050

Filename

6872558