Four-wave-mixing-assisted room-temperature four-wavelength erbium-doped fiber lasers

Xiufeng Yang; Fuyun Lu; Xinyong Dong; Zhaohui Li; Xiaoqun Zhou; Chao Lu

doi:10.1117/1.2212409

1 June 2006 Four-wave-mixing-assisted room-temperature four-wavelength erbium-doped fiber lasers

Xiufeng Yang, Fuyun Lu, Xinyong Dong, Zhaohui Li, Xiaoqun Zhou, Chao Lu

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 45, Issue 6, 064202 (June 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2212409

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a novel four-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser using four-wave mixing (FWM). By inserting a length of highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber (HNPCF) in the laser cavity and using two fiber Bragg gratings as the wavelength-selecting components, four stable wavelengths with equal spacing have been realized at room temperature. The energy-conversion-induced loss caused by the FWM, which happens in the HNPCF among the two oscillating laser lines and the FWM products, is believed to contribute to the stable multiwavelength operation by suppressing the wavelength competition between the two laser lines.

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Xiufeng Yang, Fuyun Lu, Xinyong Dong, Zhaohui Li, Xiaoqun Zhou, and Chao Lu "Four-wave-mixing-assisted room-temperature four-wavelength erbium-doped fiber lasers," Optical Engineering 45(6), 064202 (1 June 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2212409

Published: 1 June 2006

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