• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 11, 110602 (2017)
Ting Feng1、2, Mingming Wang1, Dongliang Ding1, and X. Steve Yao1、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Photonics Information Innovation Center, Hebei Key Lab of Optic-Electronic Information and Materials, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
  • 2e-mail: wlxyft@hbu.edu.cn
  • 3General Photonics Corporation, 5228 Edison Av., Chino, CA 91710, USA
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201715.110602 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ting Feng, Mingming Wang, Dongliang Ding, X. Steve Yao. High OSNR and simple configuration dual-wavelength fiber laser with wide tunability in S+C+L band[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(11): 110602 Copy Citation Text show less
    Experimental setup of the proposed fiber laser.
    Fig. 1. Experimental setup of the proposed fiber laser.
    Output laser spectrum at a pump wavelength of 1550 nm; inset shows 17 times OSA repeated scans in ∼90 min measurement time.
    Fig. 2. Output laser spectrum at a pump wavelength of 1550 nm; inset shows 17 times OSA repeated scans in 90min measurement time.
    (Color online) (a) Wide tunability of dual-wavelength operation with power-equalized output; Inset-1 and Inset-2 show the zoomed in laser spectra under the pump wavelengths of 1520 and 1610 nm, respectively. (b) Corresponding optimal pump power for power-equalized output of dual-wavelength lasing.
    Fig. 3. (Color online) (a) Wide tunability of dual-wavelength operation with power-equalized output; Inset-1 and Inset-2 show the zoomed in laser spectra under the pump wavelengths of 1520 and 1610 nm, respectively. (b) Corresponding optimal pump power for power-equalized output of dual-wavelength lasing.
    (Color online) Beat frequency of dual-wavelength operation changing along with the pump wavelength; Inset-1 and inset-2 show the RF beating spectra at the pump wavelengths of 1500 and 1630 nm, respectively.
    Fig. 4. (Color online) Beat frequency of dual-wavelength operation changing along with the pump wavelength; Inset-1 and inset-2 show the RF beating spectra at the pump wavelengths of 1500 and 1630 nm, respectively.
    For dual-wavelength operation, (a) the beat frequency long-term stability in 1 h measurement time and (b) the beat-frequency-induced temporal fluctuation in 50 μs measurement time.
    Fig. 5. For dual-wavelength operation, (a) the beat frequency long-term stability in 1 h measurement time and (b) the beat-frequency-induced temporal fluctuation in 50 μs measurement time.
    (Color online) (a) Long-term stability of the total output power of dual-wavelength operation; (b) temporal fluctuations of the Brillouin laser and the TLS output, respectively.
    Fig. 6. (Color online) (a) Long-term stability of the total output power of dual-wavelength operation; (b) temporal fluctuations of the Brillouin laser and the TLS output, respectively.
    Ting Feng, Mingming Wang, Dongliang Ding, X. Steve Yao. High OSNR and simple configuration dual-wavelength fiber laser with wide tunability in S+C+L band[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(11): 110602
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