Fiber-DFB laser array pumped with a single 1-W CW Yb-fiber laser

Author

Fu, L.B. ; Selvas, R. ; Ibsen, M. ; Sahu, J.K. ; Jang, J.N. ; Alam, S.-U. ; Nilsson, J. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Payne, D.N. ; Codemard, C. ; Goncharov, S. ; Zalevsky, I. ; Grudinin, A.B.

Author_Institution

Optoelectronics Res. Center, Univ. of Southampton, UK

Volume

15

Issue

5

fYear

2003

fDate

5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

655

Lastpage

657

Abstract

A 50-GHz grid fiber distributed feedback laser wavelength-division-multiplexing transmitter source is demonstrated pumped by a single continuous-wave Yb-fiber laser source at 977 nm. Up to 21 mW of output power is achieved per channel with maintenance of key operational parameters. The performance of this single Yb-fiber laser pump configuration is also compared with that of a semiconductor pump configuration which shows no degradation for all the important parameters.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; distributed feedback lasers; fibre lasers; laser arrays; optical pumping; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 W; 21 mW; 977 nm; fiber Bragg grating; fiber-DFB laser array; grid fiber DFB laser WDM transmitter source; operational parameter maintenance; output power; semiconductor pump configuration; single 1-W CW Yb-fiber laser; single Yb-fiber laser pump configuration; wavelength-division multiplexing transmitter; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Optical arrays; Power generation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Semiconductor lasers; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.810253

Filename

1196126