Comparison of the effect structure on Ring and Linear Cavity Lasers of Er-Doped Optical Fibers

Author

Ali, Sellami ; Al-Khateeb, Khalid A S ; Bouzid, Belloui

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Theor. Sci., Int. Islamic Univ. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

fYear

2008

fDate

13-15 May 2008

Firstpage

546

Lastpage

549

Abstract

Two erbium doped fiber laser configurations are conceived and constructed; A ring fiber laser and a linear cavity fiber loop laser. A comparative investigation tests were carried out. It is found that both the output power and the side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) for the two structures were significantly different. The measured laser power and the side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of 11 mW and 75 dB respectively were higher for the linear cavity configuration. A lower output power and SMSR of 3 mW and 61.5 dB respectively were obtained with the ring laser configuration. Both lasers were pumped with a 90 mW pump power, and had a reflectivity of 90%.

Keywords

erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; ring lasers; Er-doped optical fibers; erbium doped fiber laser configurations; linear cavity fiber loop laser; lower output power; power 11 mW; power 90 mW; pump power; ring cavity lasers; ring fiber laser; side mode suppression ratio; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ring lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Communication Engineering, 2008. ICCCE 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1691-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1692-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCE.2008.4580663

Filename

4580663