Tunable Multiwavelength Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Laser Using Intracavity Birefringence-Induced Comb Filter
A simple configuration for the generation of tunable multiwavelength picosecond-pulse fiber ring lasers by exploiting the intracavity birefringence-induced comb filter is demonstrated. The fiber laser is passively mode locked by using nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) technique. The polarization...
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| author | Zhi-Chao Luo Ai-Ping Luo Wen-Cheng Xu Hai-Sen Yin Jia-Rui Liu Qing Ye Zu-Jie Fang |
| author_facet | Zhi-Chao Luo Ai-Ping Luo Wen-Cheng Xu Hai-Sen Yin Jia-Rui Liu Qing Ye Zu-Jie Fang |
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| description | A simple configuration for the generation of tunable multiwavelength picosecond-pulse fiber ring lasers by exploiting the intracavity birefringence-induced comb filter is demonstrated. The fiber laser is passively mode locked by using nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) technique. The polarization-dependent isolator combined with the intracavity birefringence acts as two functions: the tunable comb filter and the mode locker. Up to four-wavelength picosecond pulses were simultaneously obtained in the experiment. The mode competition of the multiwavelength lasing is suppressed by the use of NPR-induced intensity-dependent loss. In addition, the number of the lasing wavelengths, the lasing location, and the spacing between the lasing wavelengths could be flexibly tuned by properly rotating the polarization controllers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed79f9517d314b6dab25bc95418c10f72022-12-21T23:27:22ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552010-01-012457157710.1109/JPHOT.2010.20510235471172Tunable Multiwavelength Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Laser Using Intracavity Birefringence-Induced Comb FilterZhi-Chao Luo0Ai-Ping Luo1Wen-Cheng Xu2Hai-Sen Yin3Jia-Rui Liu4Qing Ye5Zu-Jie Fang6$^{1}$Key Laboratory of Photonic Information Technology of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaKey Lab. of Photonic Inf. Technol., South China Normal Univ., Guangzhou, ChinaKey Lab. of Photonic Inf. Technol., South China Normal Univ., Guangzhou, ChinaKey Lab. of Photonic Inf. Technol., South China Normal Univ., Guangzhou, ChinaKey Lab. of Photonic Inf. Technol., South China Normal Univ., Guangzhou, China$^{2}$Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai, ChinaA simple configuration for the generation of tunable multiwavelength picosecond-pulse fiber ring lasers by exploiting the intracavity birefringence-induced comb filter is demonstrated. The fiber laser is passively mode locked by using nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) technique. The polarization-dependent isolator combined with the intracavity birefringence acts as two functions: the tunable comb filter and the mode locker. Up to four-wavelength picosecond pulses were simultaneously obtained in the experiment. The mode competition of the multiwavelength lasing is suppressed by the use of NPR-induced intensity-dependent loss. In addition, the number of the lasing wavelengths, the lasing location, and the spacing between the lasing wavelengths could be flexibly tuned by properly rotating the polarization controllers.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5471172/Multiwavelength laserspassively mode-lockedfiber lasersbirefringence filter |
| spellingShingle | Zhi-Chao Luo Ai-Ping Luo Wen-Cheng Xu Hai-Sen Yin Jia-Rui Liu Qing Ye Zu-Jie Fang Tunable Multiwavelength Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Laser Using Intracavity Birefringence-Induced Comb Filter IEEE Photonics Journal Multiwavelength lasers passively mode-locked fiber lasers birefringence filter |
| title | Tunable Multiwavelength Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Laser Using Intracavity Birefringence-Induced Comb Filter |
| title_full | Tunable Multiwavelength Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Laser Using Intracavity Birefringence-Induced Comb Filter |
| title_fullStr | Tunable Multiwavelength Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Laser Using Intracavity Birefringence-Induced Comb Filter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tunable Multiwavelength Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Laser Using Intracavity Birefringence-Induced Comb Filter |
| title_short | Tunable Multiwavelength Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Laser Using Intracavity Birefringence-Induced Comb Filter |
| title_sort | tunable multiwavelength passively mode locked fiber ring laser using intracavity birefringence induced comb filter |
| topic | Multiwavelength lasers passively mode-locked fiber lasers birefringence filter |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5471172/ |
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