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Achieving flat output power of a tunable EDFL utilizing fiber‐loop mirrors in a linear cavity
Author(s) -
Bouzid B.,
Mohammed H.,
Mahdi M. A.,
Abdullah M. K.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.11311
Subject(s) - flatness (cosmology) , materials science , optics , fiber laser , power (physics) , microwave , loop (graph theory) , fiber , laser , optoelectronics , physics , engineering , telecommunications , mathematics , cosmology , quantum mechanics , combinatorics , composite material
Abstract A novel configuration of erbium‐doped fiber laser using fiber‐loop mirrors in a linear cavity that produces flat output power is demonstrated. Maximum output power of about 14 dBm with 0.7‐dB flatness is obtained from 1525 to 1565 nm without altering the cavity loss. A side‐mode suppression ratio of higher than 60 dB, where the noise floor generated from the laser system is efficiently suppressed, is obtained. No significant presence of residual amplified spontaneous emission at the output is observed. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 40: 151–153, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.11311