Multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber Fabry-Pe´rot laser and its uniform spectral lines power operation

Author

Ahmed, Feroz ; Kishi, Naoto ; Miki, Tetsuya

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Commun. Eng., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

17

Issue

4

fYear

2005

fDate

4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

753

Lastpage

755

Abstract

Multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser by means of phase modulation in a linear cavity configuration is presented. Stable multiwavelength lasing is achieved by applying any one of the waveforms of sine, square, sawtoothed, and triangular at a suitable frequency between 500 Hz to a few tens of kilohertz to the phase modulator. The output spectral lines power equalization is performed by adjusting the frequency to drive the all-fiber phase modulator and the polarization controller or dc offset voltage of a LiNbO₃ amplitude modulator, which is incorporated in a polarization-maintaining fiber Lyot-Sagnac filter.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot resonators; erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser stability; lithium compounds; optical fibre polarisation; optical filters; optical modulation; optical variables control; phase modulation; spectral line breadth; LiNbO₃; LiNbO₃ amplitude modulator; Lyot-Sagnac filter; all-fiber phase modulator; dc offset voltage; erbium-doped fiber laser; linear cavity configuration; multiwavelength laser; phase modulation; phase modulator; polarization controller; polarization-maintaining fiber; spectral lines power equalization; spectral lines power operation; stable multiwavelength lasing; uniform spectral lines; waveforms; Amplitude modulation; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber testing; Optical filters; Phase modulation; Power lasers; Ring lasers; Erbium-doped fiber (EDF); Lyot–Sagnac filter; fiber lasers; multiwavelength lasing; phase modulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.842796

Filename

1411865