Multiple Brillouin Stokes generation utilizing a linear cavity Erbium-doped fibre laser

This paper reports the design of a multiwavelength fiber laser source that utilizes a linear cavity of hybrid Brillouin/Erbium fiber laser (BEFL). The output power, threshold power and free running cavity modes were investigated against the pump powers. The structure exhibited low threshold operati...

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Main Authors: Al-Mansoori, Mohammed Haydar, Noordin, Nor Kamariah, Saripan, M. Iqbal, Mahdi, Mohd Adzir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2008
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15750/1/Multiple%20Brillouin%20Stokes%20generation%20utilizing%20a%20linear%20cavity%20Erbium.pdf
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Summary:This paper reports the design of a multiwavelength fiber laser source that utilizes a linear cavity of hybrid Brillouin/Erbium fiber laser (BEFL). The output power, threshold power and free running cavity modes were investigated against the pump powers. The structure exhibited low threshold operation of 4 mW at 2.3 mW injected Brillouin pump power. The optimization of Brillouin pump wavelength, power and Erbium gain led to a maximum possible number of channels generated. Simultaneous and stable operation of 21 channels with 10.88 GHz channels spacing were obtained from this architecture at 1 mW injected Brillouin pump power and 90 mWErbium doped fiber pump power in the 1555 nm region.