Multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser using four-wave mixing effect in doped fiber

• Main Authors: Shahabuddin, Nurul Shahrizan, Yusoff, Zulfadzli, Ahmad, Harith, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: Optical Society of America 2011
• Subjects: QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19851/; https://doi.org/10.3788/COL201109.061407

We demonstrate a multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) using erbium gain and four-wave mixing (FWM) effect in a piece of erbium-doped fiber (EDF) with high erbium ion concentration. The EDF has a pump absorption rate of 24.6 dB/m at 979 nm and is bi-directionally pumped by 980-nm laser di...