Narrow bandwidth optimization using a polymer microring resonator in a thulium–holmium fiber laser cavity

• Main Authors: Abdul Kadir@Jaafar, Muhammad Zamzuri, Ariannejad, Mohammad Mahdi, Samion, Muhamad Zharif, Tan, Chee Long, Ismail, Mohammad Faizal, Bayang, Leonard, Ahmad, Harith
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2020
• Subjects: QC Physics; TP Chemical technology; TP1080 Polymers, plastics and their manufacture
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/82014/1/80214_Narrow%20Bandwidth%20Optimization.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/82014/2/80214_Narrow%20Bandwidth%20Optimization_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/82014/3/80214_Narrow%20Bandwidth%20Optimization_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/82014/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0030401820301802

A thulium–holmium fiber (THDF) laser cavity has been demonstrated with a SU-8 polymer microring resonator (PMRR) in the cavity. The PMRR has a 500 μm radius and fabricated using the lithography method, with the SU-8 polymer acting as a host material. The butt coupling method was used for the horizontal coupling of light from a ultra-high numerical aperture (UHNA) fiber to the polymer waveguide. Lasing in the cavity without the PMRR is obtained at a center wavelength of 1.910 μm, 1.869 μm when the PMMR is inserted into the cavity. A maximum power of -5 dBm was extracted from the laser oscillator, and the laser linewidth was measured to be ∼26.6 kHz by radio-frequency spectrum analyzer analysis. The PMRR was able to generate an output with a free spectral range of 0.79 μm at a frequency of 59.25 GHz.