Abstract
A wavelength-switchable quadruple-wavelength erbium -doped fiber laser using linear-cavity configuration is proposed and
demonstrated experimentally at room temperature. A Sagnac loop with a length of polarization -maintaining fiber acts as a
comb filter and a broadband chirped fiber grating with low reflectivity acts as the flat reflective mirror in the resonant cavity.
On the basis of the polarization hole burning effect, after adjusting a polarization controller, the laser can switch flexibl y to
output six different modes from single-wavelength to quadruple-wavelength. All of lasing lines with narrow linewidth of less
than 0.3 nm have the optical signal-to-noise ratio of more than 30 dB.Erbium-doped fiber laser, Switching, Chirped fiber grating.
Keywords
Erbium-doped fiber laser, Switching, Chirped fiber grating.
Citation
JIANQUN CHENG, YUSHAN LIN, Wavelength-switchable operation of quadruple-wavelength EDF laser, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 13, 3-4, March-April 2019, pp.151-155 (2019).
Submitted at: Dec. 5, 2017
Accepted at: April 8, 2019