Threshold Features of L-Band Linear Cavity Multiwavelength Brillouin-Erbium Fiber Laser

Author

Al-Mansoori, M.H. ; Abdullah, M.K. ; Mahdi, M.A. ; Iqbal, S.J.

Author_Institution

Photonics & Fiber Opt. Syst. Lab., Univ. Putra Malaysia, Putra

fYear

2005

fDate

21-24 Nov. 2005

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Investigation of L-band linear cavity multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium fiber laser source has been experimentally studied. The effects of Brillouin pump power and wavelength on the threshold pump power are discussed in the paper. We found that there is a limited range for Brillouin pump wavelength to achieve a lasing condition in the laser cavity. Low threshold power of 23.4 mW is obtained from the linear cavity due to highly efficient from both double-pass amplification in the erbium gain medium and also bidirectional generation of Brillouin Stokes in the single mode fiber.

Keywords

Brillouin spectra; erbium; fibre lasers; optical pumping; Brillouin Stokes; Brillouin pump power; Jk:Er; L-band linear cavity fiber laser; bidirectional generation; double-pass amplification; erbium gain medium; laser cavity; multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium fiber laser; power 23.4 mW; single mode fiber; threshold pump power; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; L-band; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical fiber sensors; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Erbium doped fiber; Fiber laser; L-band; Multiwavelength fiber laser; nonlinear Brillouin scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON 2005 2005 IEEE Region 10

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Qld.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9311-2

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9312-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.2005.301160

Filename

4085028