Spacing-Switchable Multiwavelength Fiber Laser Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation and Brillouin Scattering in Photonic Crystal Fiber

• Main Authors: Shahabuddin, Nurul Shahrizan, Ahmad, Harith, Yusoff, Zulfadzli, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2012
• Subjects: QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19891/; https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2178400

A new spacing-switchable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) is demonstrated using switchable nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) and stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) effects. The laser employs a 100-m-long photonic crystal fiber in conjunction with a four-port circulator in a fig...