Multiwavelength fiber laser in four mode fiber

Abstract

Multiwavelength fiber laser is a nonlinear phenomenon that has a great potential for optical communication system. A stable triple-wavelength fiber laser in four mode fiber had been demonstrated experimentally by employing Sagnac filter in a simple close loop laser cavity. The Sagnac loop filter configuration was constructed using a 2m of polarization maintaining fiber (PMF), a 3dB coupler and a polarization controller. The laser is able to sustain triple-wavelength laser generation at 13.1dBm output power of Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) as all laser wavelengths produced less than 0.25nm fluctuation for over 20min of unstoppable lasing operation. This laser configuration also has flexibility to perform single, dual and triple wavelength laser by controlling the EDFA output power.