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Operating wavelength of erbium‐doped fiber‐ring laser
Author(s) -
Kamil AbdRahman M.,
Selvakennedy S.,
Poopalan P.,
Ahmad Harith
Publication year - 2001
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.1370
Subject(s) - materials science , wavelength , erbium , ring laser , optics , fiber laser , erbium doped fiber amplifier , microwave , laser , doping , fiber , ring (chemistry) , optoelectronics , physics , optical amplifier , chemistry , quantum mechanics , composite material , organic chemistry
The erbium‐doped fiber ring laser (EDFL) exhibits a wavelength shift that results from the variation of its intracavity parameters, namely, the output‐coupler reflectivity (R), active fiber length (L), and optical losses (α) in the resonant cavity. A simple and fast technique for predicting the operating wavelength of an EDFL is deduced. The operating wavelength shifts from ∼1530 to ∼1560 nm for higher values of R, longer L, and/or lower α, and vice versa. Data from numerical simulations show a good comparison with the experimental results. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 31: 105–107, 2001.