33-channels multiwavelength generation of L-band Brillouin-erbium fiber laser

Author

Al-Mansoori, Mohammed Hayder ; Mahdi, Mohd Adzir

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Univ. Tenaga Nasional, Kajang, Malaysia

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, a novel multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium fiber laser (BEFL) with double-pass BP pre-amplified technique within the linear cavity is experimentally demonstrated. The linear cavity of the laser system is formed by two high reflectivity mirrors placed at both ends of the resonator. The main innovative step in this approach is the use of the erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) to amplify the Brillouin pump (BP) power twice within the laser cavity before entering the single-mode fiber. Therefore, the proposed fiber laser eliminates the requirement for high external BP power to create the Brillouin gain and suppress the self-lasing cavity modes.

Keywords

erbium; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser modes; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; reflectivity; 33-channel multiwavelength generation; Brillouin gain; JkJk:Er; L-band Brillouin-erbium fiber laser; double-pass Brillouin pump pre-amplified technique; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; high-reflectivity mirrors; laser resonator; linear laser cavity; self-lasing cavity modes; single-mode fiber; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; L-band; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Mirrors; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Reflectivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192896

Filename

5192896