基于SOA和级联取样光纤光栅的多波长激光器

研究了基于半导体光放大器(SOA)和双段级联取样光纤光栅构成的新型结构多波长激光器.设 计了取样光纤光栅，计算了其反射谱，模拟了多波长激光器的输出光谱.基于自行制作的SOA 和取样光纤光栅，进行了多波长激光器的实验研究，得到了间隔为0.8nm、输出功率不平坦 度小于1.0dB的11个波长输出.理论和实验两个方面都可以验证：与基于普通取样光栅的多波 长方案相比，基于双段级联取样光栅的方案能改善输出谱平坦度，并可提高可激射波长数. 关键词： 半导体光放大器 取样光纤光栅 多波长激光器

Multi-wavelength laser based on SOA and cascaded sampled fibre gratings

Novel multi-wavelength laser, based on semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and cascaded two-stage sampled fibre gratings, is theoretically and experimentally investigated in this paper. The reflection spectrum of the sampled fibre grating and lasing output spectrum are calculated. Exploiting SOA and sampled fibre grating manufactured by our laboratory,a multi-wavelength laser with 11 wavelengths, in which the output power difference is smaller than 1dB, is achieved. Compared with the scheme based on the ordinary sampled fibre grating, more lasing wavelengths and more uniform lasing output power can be achieved in the novel scheme, which can be concluded from both theoretical calculation and experimental analysis.