Self-excited brillouin–erbium fiber laser for DWDM applications

• Main Authors: Harun, Sulaiman Wadi, Cheng, Xiau San, Poopalan, Prabakaran, Ahmad, Harith
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2007
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19677/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2005.05.008

The operation of the self-excited Brillouin/erbium fiber laser (BEFL) is experimentally demonstrated. It uses a forward pumped erbium-doped fiber (EDF) as a gain medium to generate a Brillouin-pump (BP) and amplify the Stokes frequency signals generated in a single-mode fiber (SMF). The operating wa...