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Tunable L‐band fiber lasers using fiber bragg gratings and wavelength reflector
Author(s) -
Liaw ShienKuei,
Wu WenFang,
Shin ChowShing
Publication year - 2014
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.28673
Subject(s) - materials science , fiber bragg grating , optics , fiber laser , optoelectronics , slope efficiency , distributed bragg reflector , dispersion shifted fiber , laser , lasing threshold , fiber , wavelength , polarization maintaining optical fiber , phosfos , fiber optic sensor , physics , composite material
An L‐band tunable linear cavity fiber laser using a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and wavelength reflector as cavity ends is investigated. A four‐lamina composite device is used to facilitate tunable wavelength with 0.1‐nm tuning resolution. Two strain‐tunable FBGs are demonstrated with whole tuning range from 1574.5 to 1602.4 nm. A stable lasing output power at 1582.0 nm has 11.5 mW threshold pump power and 59 dB side‐mode suppression ratio, respectively, using 10 M erbium‐doped fiber and 100 mW pump power. The measured slope efficiency is 12.2% corresponding to 13.0% of quantum efficiency . © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:2681–2683, 2014