High-performance adjustable room temperature multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser in the C-band

Slavík, Radan, LaRochelle, Sophie and Karásek, Miroslav (2002) High-performance adjustable room temperature multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser in the C-band. Optics Communications, 206 (4-6), 365-371. (doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(02)01402-5).

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Abstract

Experimental realization of a high-power and highly uniform multiwavelength cw erbium-doped fiber ring laser with an intra-cavity frequency shifter and line spacing of 100 GHz is presented. The extremely flat response is achieved by optimizing the laser cavity losses, pump power and length of the active fiber. A simple method of shifting the laser emitting spectral region, which preserves the spectral output flatness, is demonstrated. The laser may be easily switched between two spectral regions of 1538-1548 and 1543-1559 nm. In both ranges, the power uniformity is better than 3 dB.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 March 2002

e-pub ahead of print date: 12 April 2002

Published date: 1 June 2002

Additional Information: This work has been supported by the Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations and its industrial affiliates. We acknowledge P. Tremblay for useful discussions and TeraXion for providing the 1525–1537 nm stop-band filter. Copyright © 2002 Published by Elsevier B.V.

Keywords: Laser resonators, Optical fiber devices, Optical fiber lasers

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