• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 31, Issue 8, 814006 (2011)
Hao Yanping*, Zhang Shumin, Wang Xinzhan, Meng Yichang, Li Huihui, Du Juan, and Li Hongfei
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    DOI: 10.3788/aos201131.0814006 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hao Yanping, Zhang Shumin, Wang Xinzhan, Meng Yichang, Li Huihui, Du Juan, Li Hongfei. Tunable Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Based on Multi-Mode Fiber Filter[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2011, 31(8): 814006 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A new-style, all-fiber, broad-band tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser is proposed. The wavelength continuous tuning is realized by using a single-mode/multimode/single-mode fiber as a filter, in which the multimode fiber is wrapped around a polarization controller, and is spliced to a single-mode fiber at each ends. By carefully adjusting the polarization controllers in the cavity, the output central wavelength of tunable single-wavelength laser is tunable from 1542 to 1560 nm over a range of 18 nm, with a signal-to-noise ratio of 40 dB and the 3-dB linewidth of 0.096 nm. Furthermore, by appropriately rotating the polarization controllers and changing the pump power, wavelength continuously tunable dual- and triple-wavelength laser output is also experimentally demonstrated, and the wavelength selection and switching can be achieved by adjusting the polarization controllers in the cavity.
    Hao Yanping, Zhang Shumin, Wang Xinzhan, Meng Yichang, Li Huihui, Du Juan, Li Hongfei. Tunable Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Based on Multi-Mode Fiber Filter[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2011, 31(8): 814006
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