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Modeling and experimental demonstration of ultracompact multiwavelength distributed Fabry-Pérot fiber Lasers

Modeling and experimental demonstration of ultracompact multiwavelength distributed Fabry-Pérot fiber Lasers
Modeling and experimental demonstration of ultracompact multiwavelength distributed Fabry-Pérot fiber Lasers

This paper presents a complete model for the design and optimization of multiwavelength distributed Fabry-Pérot (DFP) fiber lasers that are made by superimposing two chirped fiber Bragg gratings in a photosensitive codoped erbium-ytterbium (Er-Yb) fiber. The model is based on a matrix formulation of coupled-mode equations taking into account the chirped grating superstructure and including a spectrally resolved gain medium. The performed analysis reveals that the signal power of each channel is strongly localized near a minimum of the superstructured-grating envelope. As a consequence, the overlap between the power distributions in neighboring cavities is small, thus reducing the effect of cross-gain saturation and allowing a high number of channels in a short piece of fiber. The simulations also show how the saturation of the cross-relaxation mechanism between ytterbium and erbium leads to flat output spectra without the need for an additional equalization scheme such as a complex grating apodization profile. Furthermore, to validate the theoretical model, we present the experimental realization and characterization of a multiwavelength laser emitting in a single-mode and single-polarization over 16 wavelengths spaced by 50 GHz and with a total output power of 52 mW.

Distributed feedback lasers (DFB), Optical fiber Bragg gratings, Optical fiber lasers
0733-8724
44-53
Brochu, Guillaume
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LaRochelle, Sophie
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Slavík, Radan
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Brochu, Guillaume
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LaRochelle, Sophie
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Slavík, Radan
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Brochu, Guillaume, LaRochelle, Sophie and Slavík, Radan (2005) Modeling and experimental demonstration of ultracompact multiwavelength distributed Fabry-Pérot fiber Lasers. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 23 (1), 44-53. (doi:10.1109/JLT.2004.840345).

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Abstract

This paper presents a complete model for the design and optimization of multiwavelength distributed Fabry-Pérot (DFP) fiber lasers that are made by superimposing two chirped fiber Bragg gratings in a photosensitive codoped erbium-ytterbium (Er-Yb) fiber. The model is based on a matrix formulation of coupled-mode equations taking into account the chirped grating superstructure and including a spectrally resolved gain medium. The performed analysis reveals that the signal power of each channel is strongly localized near a minimum of the superstructured-grating envelope. As a consequence, the overlap between the power distributions in neighboring cavities is small, thus reducing the effect of cross-gain saturation and allowing a high number of channels in a short piece of fiber. The simulations also show how the saturation of the cross-relaxation mechanism between ytterbium and erbium leads to flat output spectra without the need for an additional equalization scheme such as a complex grating apodization profile. Furthermore, to validate the theoretical model, we present the experimental realization and characterization of a multiwavelength laser emitting in a single-mode and single-polarization over 16 wavelengths spaced by 50 GHz and with a total output power of 52 mW.

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Published date: January 2005
Additional Information: This work was supported in part by the Quebec Government, the Canada Research Chair Program, and TeraXion Inc.
Keywords: Distributed feedback lasers (DFB), Optical fiber Bragg gratings, Optical fiber lasers

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Local EPrints ID: 456630
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/456630
ISSN: 0733-8724
PURE UUID: 345e825b-cff4-4790-8626-5457e6f29bd0
ORCID for Radan Slavík: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9336-4262

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Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 03:12

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Author: Guillaume Brochu
Author: Sophie LaRochelle
Author: Radan Slavík ORCID iD

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