Multiwavelength Raman Fiber Laser Research Articles

Multiwavelength Raman fiber laser inserting a sampled chirped fiber Bragg grating

AbstractA simple multiwavelength Raman fiber ring laser with equalized peak power is proposed and demonstrated experimentally by inserting a sample chirped fiber Bragg grating. By adjusting the polarization controller (PC) in the ring cavity, up to ten stable wavelengths with equalized peak power are achieved at room temperature. The Raman fiber ring laser has many advantages such as simple structure, low loss, and multiwavelength lines with moderate output power. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 49: 2242–2245, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.22652

Multi-wavelength Raman fiber laser with 2- and 3-stage cavities in a phosphosilicate fiber

We report on the simultaneous Raman lasing of three wavelengths at 1428/1454/1495 nm in a single P-doped optical fiber, by use of the stimulated Raman scattering of both P 2O 5 and SiO 2/GeO 2. The laser is formed with fiber Bragg grating cavities and the destination laser wavelengths are obtained through respective two- and three-stage Raman cascading processes for efficient wavelength conversion. Thermally controllable power ratios between the wavelengths have been realized by temperature detuning the most efficient 2-stage resonant wavelength at 1495 nm. With a comparable power level at each wavelength, the maximum total power achieved in our multi-wavelength Raman laser is 2.87 W in a fiber length of 700 m pumped with a 20 W double clad Yb fiber laser.

Multiwavelength Raman fiber lasers with equalized peak power using a sampled chirped fiber Bragg grating

Two novel multiwavelength Raman fiber lasers using a ring cavity and a linear cavity are proposed and demonstrated experimentally. Both laser configurations include a sampled chirped fiber Bragg grating used in the reflection mode. By adjusting the polarization controller (PC) in the cavities, up to ten stable lasing wavelengths with 0.8 nm spacing and equalized peak power are achieved at room temperature. It is observed that the output spectrum depends upon which port of the grating is connected to the cavity. These two fiber ring lasers offer advantages such as, stable room temperature operation, simple structure, low loss, multiwavelength lasing lines with moderate output power.

Multiwavelength Raman fiber laser with a continuously-tunable spacing

A spacing-tunable multiwavelength Raman fiber laser with an independently-adjustable channel number is proposed and demonstrated. It uses a novel free-spectral-range (FSR)-tunable comb filter based on a superimposed chirped-fiber Bragg grating (CFBG) and a linear cavity formed by a bandwidth-tunable CFBG reflector, a pumped highly-nonlinear fiber for Raman gain, and an optical circulator based loop mirror. Multiwavelength laser operations with spacing tuning from 0.3 to 0.6 nm and channel number adjustment from 2 to 10 have been achieved.

Investigation of a multiwavelength Raman fiber laser based on few-mode fiber Bragg gratings

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a simple multiwavelength Raman fiber laser based on few-mode fiber Bragg gratings without additional multichannel filters. The multiwavelength Raman laser output has a high extinction ratio of more than 45 dB. The multiwavelength output is so stable that the peak power fluctuation is less than 0.5 dB. The number of lasing wavelengths can be adjusted, corresponding to the properties of few-mode Bragg gratings with multiple resonant wavelengths. By the thermal tuning method, the lasing wavelength of each channel can be effectively controlled, and the laser's tunability is measured to be 10.5 pm/ degrees C.

Development of a multiwavelength Raman fiber laser based on phase-shifted fiber Bragg gratings for long-distance remote-sensing applications

We propose a simple and flexible multiwavelength Raman fiber laser based on phase-shifted fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and a tunable chirped FBG. Using a simple multiwavelength Raman laser configuration with a single phase-shifted FBG and a tunable chirped FBG, we readily achieved simultaneous two-channel sensing probes with a high extinction ratio of more than 50 dB over a 50-km distance. The multiwavelength output was stable and the peak fluctuation was less than 0.5 dB. The temperature and strain sensitivities are estimated to be 10.1 pm/degrees C and 7.5 pm/microstrain, respectively.

Modeling of Multiwavelength Raman Fiber Lasers Using a New and Fast Algorithm

We describe a numerical model for a multiwavelength Raman fiber laser. It uses an original algorithm which makes the model robust and fast. We show a comparison between simulated and measured Raman laser output powers, characterized by their slope efficiency and their threshold.

Three-wavelength Raman fiber laser with reliable dynamic control.

We present a novel concept for a multiwavelength Raman fiber laser based on a chain of Raman cavities. This Raman laser has efficient power control for all generated wavelengths in a large dynamic range.

Multiwavelength Raman fiber-ring laser based on tunable cascaded long-period fiber gratings

Multiwavelength Raman fiber lasers using intracavity tunable cascaded long-period fiber gratings (LPFGs) are discussed. The application of the cascaded LPFGs as a multichannel fiber filter for the multiple-wavelength generation is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The characteristics of multiwavelength fiber-ring lasers can be controlled by changing the physical parameters of cascaded LPFGs such as the separation distance between the gratings, grating length, and number of gratings. The multiwavelength Raman fiber-ring laser with nine wavelength-division-multiplexing channels with 100-GHz spacing and 19 channels with 50-GHz spacing has been achieved by varying the physical parameters of cascaded LPFGs.