Influence of pump power on the output characteristics of multiwavelength Erbium-doped fiber laser employing symmetrical nonlinear optical loop mirror

Author

Sun, Yunxu ; Tian, Jiajun ; Yao, Yong ; Yu, Xuelian ; Chen, Deying

Author_Institution

Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Guangdong Province, China 518055

Volume

2009-Supplement

fYear

2009

fDate

2-6 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The influence of pump power on the output characteristics of multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser, which employs the effect of the intensity-dependent loss induced by a power-symmetric nonlinear optical loop mirror, is investigated. The results of studies show that the multiwavelength output characteristics including the number, the flatness and the spectral region of output wavelength can be controlled by adjusting the pump power. To optimis the multiwavelength operation, a suitable pump power must be chosen for this kind of laser.

Keywords

Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; fiber laser; intensity-dependent loss; multiwavelength; nonlinear optical loop mirror;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia

Conference_Location

Shanghai, China

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-877-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-877-3

Type

conf

Filename

5405525