An Efficient Photonic Crystal Fiber-Based Brillouin Erbium Fiber Laser Using a Fiber Bragg Grating for Multi-Wavelength Generation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
An efficient multi-wavelength Brillouin erbium fiber laser is demonstrated using an improved configuration with a broadband fiber Bragg grating and a piece of photonic crystal fiber. The laser generates more than 55 lines of optical comb with a line spacing of approximately 0.09 nm in a 1,565-5 nm region using pump powers of 3 dBm and 150 mW for the Brillouin and 980-nm pumps, respectively. The Brillouin erbium fiber laser with a fiber Bragg grating's reflectivity of 50% obtained a higher number of comb lines compared to that of 99% reflectivity.
Keywords
Brillouin erbium fiber laser, Photonic crystal fiber, Stimulated Brillouin scattering
Divisions
fac_eng,PHYSICS
Publication Title
Fiber and Integrated Optics
Volume
30
Issue
4
Publisher
Taylor & Francis