Highly stable and tunable narrow-spacing dual-wavelength ytterbium-doped fiber using a microfiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer

Harith Ahmad; Muhammad Aizi Mat Salim; Saaidal R. Azzuhri; Sulaiman Wadi Harun

doi:10.1117/1.OE.55.2.026114

16 February 2016 Highly stable and tunable narrow-spacing dual-wavelength ytterbium-doped fiber using a microfiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer

Harith Ahmad, Muhammad Aizi Mat Salim, Saaidal R. Azzuhri, Sulaiman Wadi Harun

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Funded by: University of Malaya

Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, Issue 2, 026114 (February 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.2.026114

Abstract

We describe a successful demonstration of highly stable and narrowly spaced dual-wavelength output via an ytterbium-doped fiber laser. A microfiber-based Mach–Zehnder interferometer and a tunable bandpass filter were both placed into the laser ring cavity for the purpose of ensuring a stable and narrowly spaced dual-wavelength output. Experimental results comprised three sets of dual-wavelength lasing output with wavelength spacing of 0.06, 0.09, and 0.22 nm, respectively, and side-mode suppression ratio of ∼50 dBm. A subsequent stability test provided evidence that maximum power and wavelength fluctuation were less than 0.8 dB and 0.01 nm, respectively, and thus, the obtained output was considered to be highly stable in dual-wavelength operation. The proposed system offers advantages of flexibility in dual-wavelength laser generation in addition to excellent reliability.

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Harith Ahmad, Muhammad Aizi Mat Salim, Saaidal R. Azzuhri, and Sulaiman Wadi Harun "Highly stable and tunable narrow-spacing dual-wavelength ytterbium-doped fiber using a microfiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer," Optical Engineering 55(2), 026114 (16 February 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.2.026114

Published: 16 February 2016

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