Multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser with a novel dual-pass Mach-Zehnder comb filter

Author

An, H.L. ; Lin, X.Z. ; Pun, E.Y.B. ; Liu, H.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Beijing Univ., China

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

18-22 Oct. 1999

Firstpage

1495

Abstract

We demonstrate a novel multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser by using a dual-pass fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer as a comb filter. Simultaneous lasing of nine wavelengths is obtained by cooling the erbium-doped fiber to 77 K.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; comb filters; erbium; fibre lasers; fibre optic sensors; laser accessories; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser cooling; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical filters; ring lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 77 K; Er-doped fiber; Er-doped fiber ring laser; comb filter; cooling; dual-pass Mach-Zehnder comb filter; dual-pass fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer; lasing; multi-wavelength Er-doped fiber ring laser; multiwavelength ring laser; wavelengths; Distributed feedback devices; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Filters; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Ring lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference

Conference_Location

Beijing, China

Print_ISBN

7-5635-0402-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCC.1999.820563

Filename

820563