Widely tunable wavelength spacing dual-wavelength single longitudinal mode erbium doped fiber laser

A simple widely tunable wavelength spacing dual-wavelength single longitudinal mode (SLM) erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) based on cascaded fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and birefringent fiber filter is proposed and demonstrated. Experimental results show that the lasing wavelength spacing is widely tunable in a range from 2 nm to 18 nm, which has potential to generate frequency tunable terahertz (THz) waves by beating the lasing dual-wavelength in a high speed photodetector. The birefringent fiber filter acts as an ultra-narrow bandpass filter and benefits the simultaneous oscillation of dual-wavelength in a single laser cavity. The output peak power of the lasing dual-wavelength is approximately equalized at room temperature, and a high optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) is realized in the whole tuning range. The SLM operation of dual-wavelength fiber laser is verified by Fabry–Perot (F–P) scanning interferometer, and the clear eye diagram proves that the proposed fiber laser is effective in the application of fiber optic communication system.     

Fault detection technique for wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network using chaotic fiber laser

We propose a fault localization method for wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network (WDM-PON). A proof-of-concept experiment was demonstrated by utilizing the wavelength tunable chaotic laser generated from an erbium-doped fiber ring laser with a manual tunable fiber Bragg grating (TFBG) filter. The range of the chaotic lasing wavelength can cover the C-band. Basing on the TFBG filter, we can adjust the wavelength of the chaotic laser to match the WDM-PON channel with identical wavelength. We determined the fault location by calculating the cross-correlation between the reference and return signals. Analysis of the characteristics of the wavelength tunable chaotic laser showed that the breakpoint, the loose connector, and the mismatch connector could be precisely located. A dynamic range of approximately 23.8 dB and a spatial resolution of 4 cm, which was independent of the measuring range, were obtained.     

Wavelength-tunable thulium-doped single mode fiber laser based on the digitally programmable micro-mirror array

We propose a wavelength-tunable thulium-doped single mode fiber laser with a digitally controlled micro-mirror array device. The fast and flexible lasing wavelength switching property was achieved by the pixelated spatial modulation of the micro-mirror array. The proposed laser provides a maximum output power of 160 mW with 24% slope efficiency and a narrow output linewidth of less than 0.03 nm. The operating wavelength is continuously tunable from 1863 nm to 1937 nm with a wavelength selectivity accuracy of less than 0.4 nm and a fast switching time of ∼75 μs.     

Wavelength-switchable fiber ring laser using cascaded fiber Bragg gratings combined with amplitude modulator

The wavelength-switchable fiber laser has been studied in this paper. A wavelength-switchable erbium-doped fiber ring laser constructed using cascaded five fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) incorporated with amplitude modulator is achieved and switching over 5 separate wavelengths has been demonstrated. The output power is about −4 dB m, the 3-dB linewidth is less than 0.02 nm, and the side mode suppression ratio is more than 45 dB. The transit process of the wavelength switching from one wavelength to another is studied and the lasing competition is also investigated.     

A self-seeded tunable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser with fiber bending scheme

A new tunable multiwavelength fiber laser is proposed. Such a laser contains a homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening media, i.e., a Fabry–Perót laser diode and an erbium-doped fiber amplifier, in the laser cavity. The Fabry–Perót laser diode is used to obtain tunable multiwavelength lasing. By adjusting the injection current of the Fabry–Perót laser diode, emission at a single wavelength, dual wavelengths, triple wavelengths or quadruple wavelengths are obtained. The lasing wavelength is tuned by bending a section of fiber in the laser cavity. The tuning ranges for single wavelength lasing and dual wavelength lasing are 20 nm and 10 nm, respectively, while those for triple wavelength lasing and quadruple wavelength lasing are 7 nm and 3 nm, respectively.     

Broadband C-plus L-band CW wavelength-tunable fiber laser based on hybrid EDFA and SOA

In this demonstration, we propose and experimentally investigate a widely C + L band wavelength-tunable fiber ring laser in continuous-wave (CW) tuning based on a hybrid semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) in a serial scheme. When a hybrid first-stage SOA and second-stage EDFA is used inside ring cavity, the effectively amplification range can be extended from C-band to L-band. Here, the proposed laser features wide wavelength-tuning range, high output power, and high side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR). In addition, a tunable range over 91.5 nm (from 1518.5 to 1610.0 nm) has been achieved.     

掺铒光纤环形激光器输出波长的研究

为了得到掺铒光纤环形激光器的激光运行波长与掺铒光纤长度和耦合比之间对应关系,基于3能级的速率方程采用解析方法进行了理论分析,并通过实验给予验证,分别取得了激光运行波长随掺铒光纤长度和耦合器耦合比变化的数据。结果表明,随着光纤长度的增加,激光的输出波长往长波方向移动,输出波长为1563nm 时输出功率最大,掺铒光纤最佳长度大约为11.5m,耦合比越大,激光的输出波长越短。这一结果对改变耦合比进行光纤激光器激光波长调谐的设计有很大帮助。     

基于角度调谐F-P干涉仪的C波段可调谐激光器的研究

研究了基于法布里一珀罗(F-P)干涉原理的角度调谐的滤波器特性,使用自制的滤波器进行可调谐掺Er^3 光纤激光器实验。当980nm泵浦功率为30mW时获得了稳定的单纵模激光输出,输出功率约。0.65mW,线宽低于0.1m,在35．76nm波长调谐范围内功率变化不超过1dB,边模抑制比(SMSR)大于35dB;泵浦功率为46mW时获得了最大的输出功率,约为1mW。     

Tuning of an erbium-doped fiber ring laser based on heating a tapered fiber filter

An erbium-doped fiber ring laser (EDFRL) with wavelength tuning is reported. The laser has a Mach–Zehnder fiber interferometer (MZFI) based on tapers as an intracavity filter, which spectral interference transmission spectrum is modified by external refractive index changes induced by temperature variations in the 25–110 °C range. The MZFI is immersed in a glycerol solution, which refractive index is modified by controlled temperature changes, which allows the tuning of the laser wavelength determined by the interference fringes. Wavelength tuning of 12 nm was measured. This approach is very simple, portable and inexpensive over traditional methods to tune a fiber laser. In addition, the tuning mechanism do not require a solution replacement to operate.     

室温稳定多波长光纤激光器技术的研究新进展

室温稳定的多波长光纤激光器( MWFL)中最关键的技术是如何有效抑制掺杂光纤的均匀展宽效应。综述了国际上近年来提出的实现室温稳定多波长光纤激射的主要技术。介绍了近几年我们在该领域的一些创新性研究工作:提出了多种基于多谐振峰的光纤布拉格光栅(FBG) ,如多模光纤布拉格光栅、保偏光纤布拉格光栅、取样光纤布拉格光栅等的可开关多波长光纤激光器的新方法和新结构,实现了多种波长间隔小于2 nm,室温工作稳定性好、波长及波长间隔可调的可开关多波长光纤激光器;提出了基于非线性光纤环镜( NOLM)和非线性偏振旋转(NPR)效应的两种多波长掺铒光纤激光器(EDFL)实现技术,实现了室温稳定、功率谱分布平坦的宽带多波长激光输出,3 dB带宽内的波长个数可达50个,每个波长的功率波动在2 h内小于0 .1 dB。     

利用半导体光纤环形激光器实现四波混频可调谐波长变化

利用SOA光纤环构成环形激光器 ,对波长为 15 45 1nm的 2 5Gbit/s入射信号进行了四波混频波长变换。采用三级滤波加前置放大器形式成功滤出变换信号 ,向上变换最大距离达 13 8nm。     

自由运转的掺镱光纤激光器激射波长的研究

为了更好地设计掺镱光纤激光器,提出了一种用于确定自由运转的掺镱光纤激光器激射波长的计算模型。利用此模型可以同时分析激射波长与光纤长度、腔的损耗、掺杂浓度、工作温度等系统参数的关系,从而有助于合理设计光纤激光器,得到所需的出射波长,并且有助于设计可调谐的光纤激光器。在推导中引入了一种确定掺杂光纤的发射、吸收截面随温度变化的近似处理方法,用此方法只需要常温下掺杂光纤的截面数据就能进行温度相关的分析。通过与已知实验结果的对比,验证了此模型的适用性。     

Stable and widely tunable wavelength-spacing single longitudinal mode dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser

In this paper, a novel and simple widely tunable wavelength-spacing single longitudinal mode (SLM) dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) based on the tunable filter group, a passive feedback fiber ring (FFR) and saturable absorber (SA), is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. Experiment results show that the wavelength spacing can tune from 0.8 nm up to 17 nm, which has potential to generate terahertz (THz) waves by photo-mixing the lasing wavelengths in a high-speed photo-detector, and the maximum fluctuation of peak power of EDFL is less than 0.37 dB within 75 min and the optical signal-to-noise ratio is more than 30 dB at room temperature. In the absence of high-speed photo-detector, THz beat-note is also successively observed with the help of an autocorrelator. Moreover, dual-wavelength fiber laser can selectively realize one wavelength lasing by simply tuning filters.     

基于F-P干涉技术的通信波段可调谐激光器

根据F-P干涉原理设计制作了楔型F-P滤波器,使用这种滤波器进行可调谐掺铒光纤激光器实验,980nmLD泵浦功率为25mW时获得了稳定的单纵模激光输出,输出功率约0．6mW,线宽低于0．06nm,在34．2nm波长调谐范围内功率变化不超过0．5dB,边模抑制比大于35dB。     

Wavelength-selectable single-longitudinal-mode Fabry–Perot laser source using inter-injection mode-locked technique

In this paper, a simple fiber coupled laser configuration to generate stable and tunable single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) optical output based on a pair of Fabry–Perot laser diode (FP-LD) using inter-injection operation is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. By adjusting the tunable filter inside the laser cavity to align the corresponding mode of the FP-LDs, the lasing wavelength can be tuned in the wavelength range of 1528.6–1562.2 nm with 1.4 nm tuning step. In addition, the output performance of the proposed fiber coupled laser has also been discussed.     

A switchable and tunable ytterbium-doped fiber ring laser with a Sagnac loop mirror

A switchable and tunable ytterbium-doped fiber ring laser(YDFL) is reported and demonstrated. Employing a Sagnac loop mirror fabricated by an 85-cm-long polarization-maintaining fiber(PMF), the proposed YDFL can operate with stable dual-wavelength lasing or tunable single-wavelength lasing around 1 064 nm. Both stable dual-wavelength lasing and tunable single-wavelength lasing are achieved by adjusting a polarization controller in the Sagnac loop mirror. The experimental results show that the output of the proposed fiber laser with two different operation modes is rather stable at room temperature.     

Multiwavelength Actively Mode-locked Fiber Laser with a Double-ring Configuration and Integrated Cascaded Sampled Fiber Bragg Gratings

A modified multiwavelength actively mode-locked fiber ring laser is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. In this kind of laser, stable multiwavelengths lasing is achieved by integrating cascaded sampled fiber Bragg gratings（SFBGs） into the laser cavity. To implement actively mode-locking technique, a doublering cavity configuration is used to assure that the cavity lengths for all wavelengths lasing are identical. Thus, simultaneous mode locking of all wavelengths has been successfully achieved by using the same mode-locking signal.     

一种新颖的自反馈光注入单频窄线宽光纤激光器

报道一种基于自反馈光注入的单频窄线宽光纤激光器。激光器采用线形腔结构,用高掺杂Er3+光纤作为增益介质,利用输出信号光分束反馈与腔内振荡激光干涉,形成折射率光栅与增益光栅共同作用选择纵模,获得稳定的1 549.85 nm单频窄线宽激光输出。在975 nm单模激光二极管(LD)抽运下,激光器的抽运阈值光功率为13 mW。当抽运光功率为112 mW时,最大输出信号光功率为30.6 mW,对应的光-光转换效率为27.3%,斜率效率为30.2%,信噪比大于50 dB。采用延时自外差方法测量线宽,当使用30 km单模光纤延迟线时,测量得到激光器的3 dB线宽为4.0 kHz。     

基于光纤拉锥及相位调制的可切换多波长掺铒光纤激光器

研究了一种全光纤可切换多波长掺铒光纤激光器。该激光器利用一段缠绕在压电陶瓷上的单模光纤作为正弦相位调制器以及基于光纤拉锥的马赫-曾德尔干涉仪作为梳状滤波器,抑制由于掺铒光纤的均匀展宽效应引起的模式竞争,从而避免了在室温下不稳定的单波长激射,实现了多波长掺铒光纤激光器的稳定输出。实验中观察到稳定的5个波长的同时激射,相邻波长间隔为0.804 nm。信噪比大于40 dB,3 dB带宽约为0.023 nm,中心5个波长输出功率的平坦度为14 dB。同时,激光器具有灵活的波长可切换特性,通过调整驱动信号和偏振控制器的状态,实现了单波长、双波长、三波长以及更多波长的输出。该激光器可应用于大容量波分复用系统和光纤传感。     

基于Mach-Zehnder滤波的可调谐光纤激光器

() ()基金项目: 。摘要:为了实现高稳定性的可调谐激光输出,提出并设计了一种基于Mach-Zehnder(M-Z)滤波结构,结合Fabry-Perot(F-P)滤波器的可调谐掺铒光纤激光器,并对激光器的原理及实现方案进行理论分析和实验验证。所设计激光器系统的泵浦源工作波长为976 nm;长度5 m的掺铒光纤作为增益介质;采用全光纤M-Z结构进行滤波,并结合F-P滤波器实现单波长激光可调谐输出。实验中,通过调节F-P滤波器,在泵浦功率为60 mW时,实现了1547～1568 nm范围内单波长激光的稳定可调谐输出,波长调谐间隔小于1.7 nm,每个输出波长的边模抑制比均大于55 dB,线宽均小于0.1 nm。