An Efficient Photonic Crystal Fiber-Based Brillouin Erbium Fiber Laser Using a Fiber Bragg Grating for Multi-Wavelength Generation |
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| Authors: | N S Shahabuddin H Ahmad M Othman S Ali Z Yusoff S W Harun |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Electrical Engineering , University of Malaya , Lumpur, Malaysia;2. Photonics Research Center, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;3. Faculty of Engineering , Multimedia University , Cyberjaya, Malaysia |
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| Abstract: | Abstract An efficient multi-wavelength Brillouin erbium fiber laser is demonstrated using an improved configuration with a broadband fiber Bragg grating and a piece of photonic crystal fiber. The laser generates more than 55 lines of optical comb with a line spacing of approximately 0.09 nm in a 1,565-5 nm region using pump powers of 3 dBm and 150 mW for the Brillouin and 980-nm pumps, respectively. The Brillouin erbium fiber laser with a fiber Bragg grating's reflectivity of 50% obtained a higher number of comb lines compared to that of 99% reflectivity. |
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| Keywords: | Brillouin erbium fiber laser photonic crystal fiber stimulated Brillouin scattering |
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