Abstract
A single- and dual-wavelength-tunable ring cavity erbium-doped fiber laser based on an all-fiber Mach–Zehnder comb filter
incorporating a multi-mode and polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PM-PCF) was proposed and experimentally
demonstrated. For the proposed fiber laser, the M-Z interferometer comprised a cascaded multi-mode and 0.5 m length
PM-PCF fiber, and the interferometer free spectral range was 3.1 nm. In the experiment, the gain medium L-band
erbium-doped fiber length was 6 m, the laser threshold was 50 mW, and a 1568.91 nm single-wavelength laser output was
generated. When the pump power was 200 mW, the 3 dB linewidth was 0.04 nm. The single wavelength-tunable laser output
was realized from 1568.91 nm to 1583.68 nm through adjusting the polarization controller (PC). The wavelength spacing was
more than 2.7 nm, the peak power difference was lower than 0.896 dB, and the signal to noise ratio (SNR) was more than
40.05 dB. For the proposed fiber laser, dual-, triple-, and quadruple-wavelength tunable lasers were generated by adjusting
the PC, and the SNR was higher than 34.36 dB. The single- and dual-wavelength laser power fluctuations were less than 0.16
dB and 0.174 dB, respectively, with 20 min monitoring time.
Keywords
Wavelength tunable, Erbium-doped fiber laser, Mach-Zehnder filter, Photonic crystal fiber, Polarization controller.
Citation
WEI WEI, GAOLIN QIN, YANG WANG, JUNFA DUAN, Single- and dual-wavelength tunable fiber laser based on a polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber Mach-Zehnder filter, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 15, 9-10, September-October 2021, pp.403-409 (2021).
Submitted at: July 2, 2021
Accepted at: Oct. 7, 2021