Low noise dual-wavelength erbium fiber laser in single-longitudinal-mode operation

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Date
2012Author
Version
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Type
Artículo / Artikulua
Version
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa
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10.1007/s00340-012-4875-2
Abstract
A new stable dual-wavelength fiber-ring laser
based on erbium-doped fiber amplification is reported. The
laser is based on ring resonators and employs fiber Bragg
gratings to select the operation wavelengths. The topology
of the laser has a significant influence in its performance: allowing an independent control of the losses for both lasing
wavelengths and achieving a low noise configurati ...
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A new stable dual-wavelength fiber-ring laser
based on erbium-doped fiber amplification is reported. The
laser is based on ring resonators and employs fiber Bragg
gratings to select the operation wavelengths. The topology
of the laser has a significant influence in its performance: allowing an independent control of the losses for both lasing
wavelengths and achieving a low noise configuration. As a
result, it is experimentally demonstrated that both emission
lines work in single-longitudinal-mode operation and the
topology offers a better stability and higher optical signalto-noise ratios than similar configurations. [--]
Subject
Pump power,
Emission line,
Fiber laser,
Fiber Bragg grating,
Longitudinal mode
Publisher
Springer
Published in
Applied Physics B volume 106, pages 563–567 (2012)
Departament
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa Saila
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Sponsorship
The authors are grateful to the Spanish Government project TEC2010-20224-C02-01.