Dynamics of an erbium-doped fiber dual-ring laser

We report results of a numerical investigation on two-dimensional parameter-spaces of a set of four autonomous, seven-parameter, first-order ordinary differential equations, which models an erbium-doped fiber dual-ring laser. By using Lyapunov exponents to numerically characterize the dynamics of the model in the parameter-space, we show that it presents typical self-organized periodic structures embedded in a chaotic region.     

Broadly tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped ring fiber laser based on a high-birefringence fiber loop mirror

A broadly tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped ring fiber laser based on a high-birefringence fiber loop mirror (HiBi-FLM) and a polarization controller is demonstrated experimentally. The measured transmission spectrum of HiBi-FLM covers a wide range from 1525 to 1575 nm. The wavelength of proposed laser can be flexibly tunable during this range of ∼50 nm by adjusting the polarization controller. In addition, the spacing of two wavelengths is adjustable by changing the length of HiBi fiber. The dual-wavelength lasers with the HiBi fiber length of 1 and 2 m are experimentally demonstrated and compared. The experimental results show that the proposed laser can stably operate on two wavelengths simultaneously at room temperature, and the output peak power variation is about 0.5 dB during 40 min.     

双环掺铒光纤激光器混沌耦合反馈相移控制

提出双环单模掺铒光纤激光器激光混沌耦合反馈相移控制方法和物理模型,利用耦合器将系统的输出量反馈到系统中,选取适当的反馈系数,并在反馈通道上加入相移控制器PC控制反馈光的相移,通过对反馈系数和反馈光相移的控制,实时、动态、有效地控制激光混沌到稳定态和周期态;分析了系统输出状态随着控制参数变化的演化规律,控制参数的变化可以使得系统的输出产生丰富的有一定规律性的激光动力学现象;讨论了混沌被控制到单周期态时系统输出的振荡周期的变化规律与控制量的关系。     

双环掺铒光纤激光器混沌耦合反馈相移控制

提出双环单模掺铒光纤激光器激光混沌耦合反馈相移控制方法和物理模型,利用耦合器将系统的输出量反馈到系统中,选取适当的反馈系数,并在反馈通道上加入相移控制器PC控制反馈光的相移,通过对反馈系数和反馈光相移的控制,实时、动态、有效地控制激光混沌到稳定态和周期态;分析了系统输出状态随着控制参数变化的演化规律,控制参数的变化可以使得系统的输出产生丰富的有一定规律性的激光动力学现象;讨论了混沌被控制到单周期态时系统输出的振荡周期的变化规律与控制量的关系。     

A widely tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser operating in single longitudinal mode

A new mechanism to induce polarization hole burning effect in Er-doped fiber ring lasers is presented. By using this effect, incorporating with the counter-propagation of the two light beams, the inhomogeneous in the gain medium broadening was significantly increased, and thus a stable dual-frequency Er-doped fiber ring laser operating in single longitudinal mode and single-frequency was demonstrated. Frequency spacing was tunable from 0.47 GHz to THz.     

Graphene-based passively Q-switched dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser

We demonstrate a compact Q-switched dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser based on graphene as a saturable absorber (SA). By optically driven deposition of graphene on a fiber core, the SA is constructed and inserted into a diode-pumped EDF laser cavity. Also benefiting from the strong third-order optical nonlinearity of graphene to suppress the mode competition of EDF, a stable dual-wavelength Q-switching operation has been achieved using a two-reflection peak fiber Bragg grating as the external cavity mirror. The Q-switched EDF laser has a low pump threshold of 6.5 mW at 974 nm and a wide range of pulse-repetition rate from 3.3 to 65.9 kHz. The pulse duration and the pulse energy have been characterized. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first demonstration of a graphene-based Q-switched laser.     

Employing dual-saturable-absorber-based filter for stable and tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser in single-frequency

In this demonstration, a stable and wavelength-tunable erbium-doped fiber (EDF) ring laser using dual-saturable-absorber-based (DSAB) filter inside loop cavity is proposed and experimentally investigated. The proposed DSAB filter not only can filter the side-mode in single-frequency output, but also can obtain the flattened output power spectrum within 1 dB variation in the effectively range of 1529 to 1563 nm. In addition, the output stabilities of wavelength and power are also measured experimentally and discussed.     

Switchable and tunable dual-wavelength ultrashort pulse generation in a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser

A simple switchable and tunable dual-wavelength passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) effect is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The NPR effect effectively induces wavelength- and intensity-dependent loss to readily implement stable dual-wavelength passively mode-locked operation. The wavelength switching and tuning of the dual-wavelength ultrashort pulse laser are achieved only by appropriately rotating the polarization controllers. The side-mode suppression ratio of the output pulse is larger than 41 dB over a wavelength-tuning range of 43.4 nm. Moreover, triple-wavelength ultrashort pulse can also be observed.     

A stabilized tunable dual wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with equal output power

Tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with good stability is experimentally demonstrated. Output power of as high as +5.26 dBm is obtained in dual ring configuration. Both laser output can be tuned to as closed as 0.8 nm spacing between each other, with tuning range of 31.33 nm. The stability of both outputs was tested that results in less than ±0.8 dB and ±0.01 nm in power and wavelength fluctuation, respectively.     

双环掺铒光纤激光器混沌双环反馈相移控制方法

基于单模双环掺铒光纤激光器混沌反馈相移控制方法和物理模型,分别对两种单环反馈相移的物理模型作了讨论。利用耦合器将系统的输出量反馈到系统中,选取适当的反馈系数,并在反馈通道上加入相移控制器控制反馈光的相移,通过对反馈系数和反馈光相移的控制可以有效地控制激光输出的混沌态、稳定态和周期态。在此基础上,对激光器双环反馈相移控制方法作了详细分析,研究了反馈系数和反馈相移对单模双环掺铒光纤激光器激光混沌双环反馈相移控制模型的影响,并得到一定的规律。     

双环掺铒光纤激光器混沌双环反馈相移控制方法

 基于单模双环掺铒光纤激光器混沌反馈相移控制方法和物理模型,分别对两种单环反馈相移的物理模型作了讨论。利用耦合器将系统的输出量反馈到系统中,选取适当的反馈系数,并在反馈通道上加入相移控制器控制反馈光的相移,通过对反馈系数和反馈光相移的控制可以有效地控制激光输出的混沌态、稳定态和周期态。在此基础上,对激光器双环反馈相移控制方法作了详细分析,研究了反馈系数和反馈相移对单模双环掺铒光纤激光器激光混沌双环反馈相移控制模型的影响,并得到一定的规律。     

耦合反馈控制双环掺铒光纤激光器混沌

提出双环掺铒光纤激光器耦合反馈控制混沌的物理模型,利用定向耦合器将系统的输出变量反馈到系统中,通过间接控制损耗系数,并选取适当的反馈系数,实现对系统混沌的控制。分析了反馈系数对激光器由混沌态进入周期态和稳定态的动力学行为的影响。数值模拟表明：改变系统损耗系数,双环掺铒光纤激光器可由周期态进入混沌态;加入耦合反馈,适当调制反馈系数,可以将双环光纤激光器混沌控制到周期态和稳定态上;提高系统反馈系数,系统进入稳定态的时间变短。选取不同的系统初值,激光器总能得到两种不同的奇怪吸引子,可见双环掺铒光纤激光器具有双稳态特征。     

Evolution of dual-wavelength solitons in an erbium-doped fiber laser

We report on experimental observations of dual-wavelength solitons in a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser. Two kinds of dual-wavelength solitons with different spectrum shapes are achieved. One is exhibited to have spectrum sidebands and the other one is shown to have the smooth profile without any sideband. The mode-locking mechanism at different central wavelengths is analyzed. Experimental results suggest that the pump level together with the cavity filtering effect play key roles in the generation of the dual-wavelength solitons.     

A stable dual-wavelength fiber laser with tunable wavelength spacing using a polarization-maintaining linear cavity

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a stable dual-wavelength erbium-doped polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber laser with tunable wavelength spacing using an all-PM linear cavity that makes use of two reflection peaks from the PM fiber Bragg grating (PM-FBG). Experimental results show stable dual lasing lines with a wavelength separation of ∼0.22 nm and a large optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) of over 40 dB under room temperature. By applying axial strain to the PM-FBG, the center wavelengths of the two lasing lines can be tuned over several nanometers and the wavelength separation between the lasing lines can also be tuned to as small as 0.05 nm, which, to our knowledge, is the smallest wavelength spacing ever obtained from a stable room-temperature dual-wavelength fiber laser. The proposed laser configuration has the advantages of simple structure, low loss, stable dual-wavelength operation and a very small lasing linewidth of ∼5 kHz . PACS 42.55.Wd; 42.81.-i; 42.81.Gs     

基于FLM的L波段双波长EDFL的双稳态变换

提出和验证了一种L波段双波长掺铒光纤激光器(EDFL)双稳态控制变换和双波长开关切换的方法.将偏振控制器(PC)插入基于3 dB光纤耦合器的光纤环镜(FLM)中，并将该FLM用作L波段双波长级联线形耦合腔EDFL的公共腔镜，结果表明，调节PC可以改变FLM的反射率，实现对EDFL双稳态特性的有效控制，且双稳态特性随FLM反射率呈单调变化.利用这一性质，提出并证实，对于处在FLM最大反射率对应的双稳态第一跃变点和最小反射率对应的双稳态第二跃变点之间的任意固定抽运光功率，调节PC可实现两个稳态之间的相互变换和双波长之间的相互切换.     

Efficient technique for intracavity loss optimization in a dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser

An efficient technique to improve the quality of a tunable dual-wavelength fiber laser is reported. The power of both channels can be equalized with efficient intracavity loss optimization. The maximum power difference between the two wavelengths is less than ±0.37 dB and the output power is approximately flat within C-band.     

Wavelength tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser operating in L-band

We describe a novel erbium-doped fiber ring laser utilizing the backward amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) power as a secondary pump source so that it can operate in L-band stably. The output wavelength can be tuned in a wide range of 45 nm, from 1560 to 1605 nm. We also compared this scheme with the condition of not using the ASE as secondary pump source, and found this scheme could improve the performance of the laser when using the same components.     

Thermally tunable microfiber knot resonator based erbium-doped fiber laser

A compact and tunable erbium-doped fiber laser is demonstrated using a highly doped fiber and a microfiber knot resonator (MKR) structure which is laid on the surface of a small peltier. The MKR functions as both a reflector and a tunable filter where tunability is achieved by varying the temperature of the resonator by heating the peltier. A stable laser output is achieved at the 1533 nm region with an optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR) of 27 dB using a 65 mW of 980 nm pump power. The operating wavelength of the laser can be tuned from 1532.60 nm to 1533.49 nm as the temperature is increased from the room temperature of 24 to 90 °C. It is observed that the operating wavelength shifts to a longer wavelength as the temperature increases with an efficiency of 12.4 pm/°C. This is due to the thermally induced optical phase shift attributable to the changes in effective refractive index and optical path length of the MKR loop.     

环形腔声光可调谐掺铒光纤激光器调谐范围的研究

介绍了一种基于声光可调谐滤波器(AOTF)的可调谐掺铒光纤激光器。从掺铒光纤放大器的速率方程和传输方程出发,推导出声光可调谐掺铒光纤激光器的输出公式,理论上解释了该环形腔声光可调谐掺铒光纤激光器调谐范围仅决定于掺铒光纤的增益带宽;并在实验中测得该激光器调谐范围为1 526.05 nm到1 560.63 nm,这个区间对应着实验所得掺铒光纤自发辐射谱的增益区间,从而验证了理论推导所得结论。     

Injection-switchable erbium-doped fiber laser with two output ports

An injection-switchable erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) with two output ports based on a ring structure is proposed. Wavelength switching together with the switching of the dominating output port of the fiber laser is achieved by controlling the power of a tunable injection laser. The characteristics of the wavelength switching for different levels of the pump laser power and different wavelengths of the injection laser are studied experimentally.