Multi-wavelength Erbium-doped fiber laser based on four-wave-mixing effect in single mode fiber and high nonlinear fiber

• Published in: Optics express Vol. 21; no. 10; p. 12570
• Main Authors: Wang, Pinghe, Weng, Danmei, Li, Kun, Liu, Yong, Yu, Xuecai, Zhou, Xiaojun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 20.05.2013
• Subjects: Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Fiber Optic Technology - instrumentation; Lasers, Solid-State; Nonlinear Dynamics

A multi-wavelength Erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser based on four-wave-mixing is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The 5 km single mode fiber in the cavity enhances the four-wave-mixing to suppress the homogenous broadening of the erbium-doped fiber and get the stable multi-wavelength comb. Th...