Title :
Multiwavelength Brillouin-Thulium Fiber Laser
Author :
Xiong Wang ; Pu Zhou ; Xiaolin Wang ; Hu Xiao ; Lei Si
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Optoelectron. Sci. & Eng., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate the first multiwavelength Brillouin-thulium fiber laser (BTFL) with wavelengths near 1.97 μm. The multiwavelength fiber laser was realized based on stimulated Brillouin scattering and nonlinear polarization rotation effects. The laser can generate five Brillouin wavelengths with spacing of about 0.105 nm, which is identical with the wavelength spacing of adjacent Brillouin Stokes lines. The peak power fluctuations of the multiwavelength BTFL were less than 0.5 dB, and the wavelength shifts were less than 0.01 nm in 20 min.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser beams; optical fibre polarisation; optical rotation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; thulium; Brillouin Stokes lines; multiwavelength BTFL; multiwavelength Brillouin-thulium fiber laser; nonlinear polarization rotation effects; power fluctuations; stimulated Brillouin scattering; wavelength shifts; wavelength spacing; Cavity resonators; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Scattering; Brillouin-thulium fiber laser; Multiwavelength fiber laser; infrared lasers; nonlinear polarization rotation;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2295471
