Tunable dual wavelength fiber laser incorporating AWG and optical channel selector by controlling the cavity loss

Ahmad, Harith and Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani and Latif, Amirah Abdul and Harun, Sulaiman Wadi (2009) Tunable dual wavelength fiber laser incorporating AWG and optical channel selector by controlling the cavity loss. Optics Communications, 282 (24). pp. 4771-4775. ISSN 0030-4018, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2009.08.066.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2009.08.066

Abstract

In this paper, we propose and demonstrated a dual wavelength fiber laser (DWFL) based on the use of an erbium doped fiber (EDF) gain medium as well as an 1 × 24 Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AWG) together with two optical channel selectors (OCS) to provide channel spacing tunability. The output power of the two wavelengths is equalized by controlling the cavity loss in the DWFL using two Programmable Optical Attenuators (POAs). The widest spacing obtained from the DWFL is 18.13 nm while the narrowest spacing is 0.8 nm. The DWFL has good stability with only minor power fluctuations of less than 1.5 dB and a Side Mode Suppression Ratio (SMSR) of approximately 69.1 dB with peak fluctuations of less than 2.3 dB.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Dual wavelength; Ring erbium doped fiber laser; AWG
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Science > Department of Physics
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 30 Nov 2018 01:48
Last Modified: 30 Nov 2018 01:48
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/19782

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