Open AccessNumerical analysis of multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser exploiting four-wave mixing
Author(s) -
Xiaochuan Xu,
Yong Yao,
Deying Chen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.16.012397
Subject(s) - optics , four wave mixing , fiber laser , materials science , erbium , ring laser , mixing (physics) , dispersion shifted fiber , graded index fiber , fiber , nonlinear optics , polarization maintaining optical fiber , erbium doped fiber amplifier , nonlinear system , laser , optical fiber , physics , fiber optic sensor , optical amplifier , quantum mechanics , composite material
In this paper, a model is proposed to study the behavior of four-wave mixing assisted multiwavelength erbium doped fiber ring laser based on the theoretical model of the multiple FWM processes and Gile's theory of erbium-doped fiber. It is demonstrated that the mode competition can be effectively suppressed through FWM. The effect of phase matching, the nonlinear coefficient, the power in the cavity and the length of the nonlinear medium on output spectrum uniformity are also investigated.