A Switchable Multi-wavelength Erbium-Doped Photonic Crystal Fiber Laser with Linear Cavity Configuration

作者:Zheng Wan-Jun; Cheng Jian-Qun; Ruan Shuang-Chen*; Zhang Min; Liu Wen-Li; Yang Xi; Zhang Ying-Ying
来源:Chinese Physics Letters, 2012, 29(12): 124204.
DOI:10.1088/0256-307X/29/12/124204

摘要

A switchable multi-wavelength erbium-doped photonic crystal fiber laser with a linear cavity configuration based on a Sagnac loop mirror is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The laser is based on saturated spectral hole burning and the polarization hole burning effects can be switched among single-wavelength, dual-wavelength, triple-wavelength and quadruple-wavelength outputs at room temperature. The wavelength period of the output spectrum is easily varied by using polarization maintaining fibers of different lengths. The proposed fiber laser has a signal-to-noise ratio of higher than 30 dB and achieves a low threshold power of 37mW. The power fluctuations of the lasing lines are less than 0.54 dB, 1.7 dB and 2.9 dB when the laser operates at single-wavelength, dual-wavelength and triple-wavelength for one hour.