Tunable multiwavelength narrow linewidth Brillouin erbium fiber laser based on Rayleigh backscattering

Xiaorui Wang; Yanfu Yang; Meng Liu; Yong Yao

doi:10.1117/1.OE.55.6.066106

Tunable multiwavelength narrow linewidth Brillouin erbium fiber laser based on Rayleigh backscattering

Xiaorui Wang
, Yanfu Yang^*
, Meng Liu
, Yong Yao

^*Corresponding author for this work

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A Rayleigh backscattering (RBS) assisted Brillouin erbium fiber laser scheme with multiwavelength narrow linewidth output is proposed and investigated experimentally. The stimulated Brillouin scattering and RBS take place at two conventional single-mode fibers (SMFs), respectively. RBS is used as a mechanism to compress the linewidth of each Stokes component, and it has been realized and maximized in conventional SMF by optimizing injection power of Stokes light through adjusting variable optical attenuator (VOA). By adjusting VOA attenuation, the laser can obtain three wavelengths output with 3 dB linewidth less than 2 KHz for each wavelength, or six wavelengths output with 3 dB linewidth less than 5 KHz.

Original language	English
Article number	066106
Journal	Optical Engineering
Volume	55
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.6.066106
State	Published - 1 Jun 2016
Externally published	Yes

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fiber lasers
lasers
optics
scattering

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Tunable multiwavelength narrow linewidth Brillouin erbium fiber laser based on Rayleigh backscattering

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