• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 13, Issue Suppl., S20602 (2015)
Lei Li, Bin Zhang*, Ke Yin, and Jing Hou**
Author Affiliations
  • College of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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    Lei Li, Bin Zhang, Ke Yin, Jing Hou. Multiwavelength Tm-doped fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(Suppl.): S20602 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We demonstrate a multiwavelength Tm-doped fiber laser employing polarization-maintaining undoped fiber (PMF) based on nonlinear polarization rotation. The PMF and a polarization-sensitive isolator between two polarization controllers are used to induce the intensity-dependent loss and frequency-dependent loss to alleviate mode competition caused by homogeneous gain broadening in an active fiber. An up to four wavelengths laser operating in a cavity is observed without the PMF. After the PMF is inserted into the cavity, stable dual-wavelength operation is achieved. The output had an average power distribution. The spectral fluctuation at each wavelength is smaller than 0.9 dB.
    T=sin2(θ)sin2(α)+cos2(θ)cos2(α)+0.5sin(2θ)sin(2α)cos(Δφ1+Δφ2),(1)

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    Lei Li, Bin Zhang, Ke Yin, Jing Hou. Multiwavelength Tm-doped fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(Suppl.): S20602
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