Stabilization of dual-wavelength erbium doped ring fiber lasers by single-mode operation

In this work, a novel single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) dual-wavelength laser configuration is proposed and demonstrated. This laser is based on ring resonators, and employs fiber Bragg gratings to select the operation wavelengths. It includes a short piece of highly doped Er-fiber that acts as the act...

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Autores: Quintela, M. A., Pérez Herrera, Rosa Ana, Canales, Irene, Fernández Vallejo, Montserrat, López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/39590
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/39590
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Erbium-doped fiber (EDF)
Fiber Bragg grating (FBG)
Multiwavelength lasing
Optical fiber amplifier
Optical fiber ring laser
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Sumario:In this work, a novel single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) dual-wavelength laser configuration is proposed and demonstrated. This laser is based on ring resonators, and employs fiber Bragg gratings to select the operation wavelengths. It includes a short piece of highly doped Er-fiber that acts as the active medium. The stable SLM operation is guaranteed when the two lasing channels present similar output powers. This behavior is shown for different pump powers.