We have sought a suitable coaxial refractive index profile with dispersion-flattened and dispersion-shifted criteria in the context of a single-mode Raman gain amplifier. We present a novel comparative study based on the effective core area and Raman gain coefficient in relation to the effect of aspect ratios of trapezoidal index profiles in the inner core on the Raman gain.
The authors report a medium-power widely tunable single wavelength fiber laser. The laser wavelength was tuned from
1530 nm to 1575 nm. The gain medium consisted of a double-clad erbium-ytterbium codoped fiber. An un-pumped
elliptical core erbium-doped fiber was used as a saturable absorber inside the cavity to reduce the laser linewidth and
mode hopping. The output power of the laser at each lasing wavelength was more than 100 mW. The linewidth of the
laser was 8 MHz, measured using a scanning Fabry-Perot spectrum analyzer of resolution 6.5 MHz. The laser was stable
at room temperature with an intensity fluctuation of less than 0.2 dB.
This paper describes the design and operation of a stable single-longitudinal-mode medium-power multiwavelength fiber ring laser at room temperature. Single-longitudinal-mode oscillation was achieved by using an unpumped polarization-maintaining erbium-doped fiber inside the cavity as a saturable absorber. To investigate the function of the saturable absorber, erbium-doped fibers with different erbium concentrations and lengths were used. The output characteristics of the laser were studied using a scanning Fabry-Perot spectrum analyzer of resolution 27 MHz and an optical spectrum analyzer of resolution 6.25 GHz. The total output power of the laser obtained was more than 100 mW. The minimum separation between lasing wavelengths for stable single-longitudinal-mode oscillations, number of lasing lines, tunability, and maximum available output power were also explored.
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