Tunable Erbium-doped Fiber Ring Research Articles

Widely tunable erbium doped fiber ring laser based on loop and double-pass EDFA design

This study presents two novel tunable erbium doped fiber ring laser (EDFRL) configurations based on loop EDFA design and double-pass EDFA design, respectively to achieve an ultra-wideband tuning range and stable single-longitudinal-mode lasing operation. A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) based optical tunable band pass filter was utilized as the wavelength selection element. Output spectral and power characteristics of these EDFRLs were experimentally analyzed and discussed. The EDFRLs had moderate and stable output power level (~-3 dBm) over 70 nm tuning range that covers C+L band. Moreover, the proposed EDFRLs could also suppress the undesired multi-longitudinal-modes successfully and have a high (~60 dB) OSNR level in whole tuning range.

A widely tunable fiber ring laser with closed loop control based on high-precision stepper motor

A tunable single-longitudinal mode erbium-doped fiber ring laser based on stepper motor and closed loop control is proposed and demonstrated. The system consists of an erbium-doped fiber (EDF), a tunable fiber Bragg grating (FBG) filter and a wavelength detector. The characteristics of output laser, such as output power, power stability and 3-dB linewidth, are investigated in the operation range of 1 531—1 569 nm. The repeated experimental results of the fiber laser show that the 3-dB linewidth is less than 17 ps, the side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) is up to 60 dB, the output power is up to 1.37 dBm, and the power variation is less than 0.61 dB.

Tunable erbium doped fiber ring laser using fiber Bragg grating-assisted add-drop filter

A stable and low costless tunable erbium doped fiber ring laser using fiber Bragg grating-assisted add-drop filter is proposed and demonstrated. A stable laser output is obtained with a 4 nm tuning range. The power fluctuation, full-width at half maximum and SMSR are measured to be less than 0.50 dB, smaller than 0.015 nm and better than 55 dB in this tuning range.

Linewidth characteristics of a filterless tunable erbium doped fiber ring laser

The linewidth characteristics of a continuous wave erbium doped fiber ring laser whose tunability is controlled by intracavity loss are studied in this work. The spectral linewidth of such a filterless laser is measured experimentally, and its characteristics are analyzed using the existing analytical model of fiber laser. The long length of the cavity results in lasing into multiple longitudinal modes, thus leading to a broad linewidth. The extent of this broadening is found to depend on the intracavity attenuation and pump powers. Under the given experimental conditions, for a fiber of length 12m, the linewidth increases up to 4.5nm corresponding to an additional cavity loss of 5dB, while it increases up to 8nm for a loss of 1.2dB for a fiber of length 4.6m. The linewidth decreases with further increase in intracavity loss for both cases. In this work, the linewidth dependence on the intracavity loss is directly linked to the spectral dependence of the threshold power for each length. The linewidth increases with pump power irrespective of the intracavity attenuation, and this is explained through the nature of the amplified spontaneous emission from the fiber at different pump powers. The experimental results and the subsequent analysis are useful for the design of a filterless tunable laser with a narrow linewidth using erbium doped fiber in the ring configuration.

Room-temperature multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser based on phase modulation of semiconductor optical amplifier with lasing-wavelength and spacing tunability

We have experimentally investigated a stably tunable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser based on phase modulation of a semiconductor optical amplifier with lasing wavelength and spacing tunability at room temperature. Stable multiwavelength operation is obtained by direct modulation of the bias current in the amplifier. We demonstrate such a laser incorporating a tunable Lyot-Sagnac filter with two segments of polarization-maintaining fibers with wavelength-spacing and lasing wavelength tunability. We successfully achieved 1.0-nm-spacing eight-channel and 0.8-nm-spacing ten-channel lasing wavelengths at room temperature. The lasing wavelength of the laser can be also controlled by a polarization controller.

Tunable Erbium-doped Silica Fiber Ring Laser Source: Design and Realization

A continuous wave (CW) tunable erbium doped fiber ring laser source pumped at 1480 nm wavelength was realized, optimizing both the optical fiber and the laser cavity. Output power was measured in the range 1520-1570 nm: more than 3.5 mW were obtained at 1555 nm with 15 mW of pump power.