Spacing-Switchable Multiwavelength Fiber Laser Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation and Brillouin Scattering in Photonic Crystal Fiber

A new spacing-switchable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) is demonstrated using switchable nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) and stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) effects. The laser employs a 100-m-long photonic crystal fiber in conjunction with a four-port circulator in a fig...

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Main Authors: Shahabuddin, N. S., Ahmad, H., Yusoff, Z., Harun, S. W.
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Language:English
Published: 2012
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author Shahabuddin, N. S.
Ahmad, H.
Yusoff, Z.
Harun, S. W.
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Ahmad, H.
Yusoff, Z.
Harun, S. W.
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description A new spacing-switchable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) is demonstrated using switchable nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) and stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) effects. The laser employs a 100-m-long photonic crystal fiber in conjunction with a four-port circulator in a figure-of-eight arrangement to provide the intensity-dependent transmission effect, as well as to discriminate the even-order and odd-order Brillouin Stokes to have a double-frequency Brillouin Stokes output. Without the Brillouin pump (BP), the laser operates in an NPR mode to produce at least 22 lasing wavelengths with a side mode suppression ratio of more than 10 dB and a wavelength spacing of 0.27 nm. In the Brillouin erbium fiber laser mode, at least 30 Brillouin lines with a spacing of 0.16 nm are obtained at BP power of 3 dBm and 980-nm pump power of 120 mW.
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spelling mmu-33882014-03-05T03:48:36Z http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/3388/ Spacing-Switchable Multiwavelength Fiber Laser Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation and Brillouin Scattering in Photonic Crystal Fiber Shahabuddin, N. S. Ahmad, H. Yusoff, Z. Harun, S. W. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) A new spacing-switchable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) is demonstrated using switchable nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) and stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) effects. The laser employs a 100-m-long photonic crystal fiber in conjunction with a four-port circulator in a figure-of-eight arrangement to provide the intensity-dependent transmission effect, as well as to discriminate the even-order and odd-order Brillouin Stokes to have a double-frequency Brillouin Stokes output. Without the Brillouin pump (BP), the laser operates in an NPR mode to produce at least 22 lasing wavelengths with a side mode suppression ratio of more than 10 dB and a wavelength spacing of 0.27 nm. In the Brillouin erbium fiber laser mode, at least 30 Brillouin lines with a spacing of 0.16 nm are obtained at BP power of 3 dBm and 980-nm pump power of 120 mW. 2012-02 Article PeerReviewed text en http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/3388/1/12.pdf Shahabuddin, N. S. and Ahmad, H. and Yusoff, Z. and Harun, S. W. (2012) Spacing-Switchable Multiwavelength Fiber Laser Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation and Brillouin Scattering in Photonic Crystal Fiber. IEEE Photonics Journal, 4 (1). pp. 34-38. ISSN 1943-0655 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2178400 doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2178400 doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2178400
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Shahabuddin, N. S.
Ahmad, H.
Yusoff, Z.
Harun, S. W.
Spacing-Switchable Multiwavelength Fiber Laser Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation and Brillouin Scattering in Photonic Crystal Fiber
title Spacing-Switchable Multiwavelength Fiber Laser Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation and Brillouin Scattering in Photonic Crystal Fiber
title_full Spacing-Switchable Multiwavelength Fiber Laser Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation and Brillouin Scattering in Photonic Crystal Fiber
title_fullStr Spacing-Switchable Multiwavelength Fiber Laser Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation and Brillouin Scattering in Photonic Crystal Fiber
title_full_unstemmed Spacing-Switchable Multiwavelength Fiber Laser Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation and Brillouin Scattering in Photonic Crystal Fiber
title_short Spacing-Switchable Multiwavelength Fiber Laser Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation and Brillouin Scattering in Photonic Crystal Fiber
title_sort spacing-switchable multiwavelength fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation and brillouin scattering in photonic crystal fiber
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/3388/1/12.pdf