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Efficient multiwavelength generation of Brillouin/erbium fiber laser at 1600-nm region
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2002
DOI: 10.1002/mop.10650
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Harun, S. W., Tamchek, N., Poopalan, P. and Ahmad, H. (2002), Efficient multiwavelength generation of Brillouin/erbium fiber laser at 1600-nm region. Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett., 35: 506–508. doi: 10.1002/mop.10650
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- Issue published online: 21 NOV 2002
- Article first published online: 21 NOV 2002
- Manuscript Received: 6 JUN 2002
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Keywords:
- erbium-doped fibre;
- fibre laser;
- L-band;
- Brillouin/erbium fiber laser;
- erbium-doped fibre amplifier
Abstract
An efficient Brillouin/erbium fiber laser, which operates in the 1600-nm (L-band) region, is demonstrated for potential applications in future dense-wavelength division multiplexing communication systems. The laser configuration consists of an L-band EDFA (to enable L-band amplification) where two 3-dB couplers take a portion of the generated BEFL signal and re-inject it into the single-mode fiber in order to seed a cascaded BEFL line in the same direction as the first BEFL line. An efficient BEFL can be obtained by recycling backward a 1550-nm-band amplified spontaneous emission as a secondary pump source for the unpumped EDF in the L-band EDFA section. As a result, the lasing threshold is reduced and slope efficiency is improved. A stable and strong laser comb of up to five lines with 10-GHz spacing has been obtained with a Brillouin pump of 4.8 mW and a 980-nm pump of 92 mW. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 35: 506–508, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10650