Multi-wavelength L-band Brillouin-erbium comb fiber laser utilizing nonlinear amplifying loop mirror

• Main Authors: Al-Mansoori, Mohammed Hayder, Mahdi, Mohd Adzir
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15759/1/Multi.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15759/

In this paper, we demonstrate a novel multiwavelength L-band Brillouin–erbium fiber laser utilizing nonlinear amplifying loop mirror. The erbium-doped fiber section in the fiber loop mirror provides efficient amplification of Brillouin pump (BP) to generate the stimulated Brillouin scattering in the single-mode fiber coil. The laser structure can achieve symmetry breaking of the loop without requirements to an asymmetric coupler or polarization controller. The proposed fiber laser has a low threshold power of about 10 mW to create the first Brillouin–Stokes signal. The maximum number of 27 Stokes signals with a spacing of 0.089 nm is achieved by setting the BP wavelength at 1604 nm and its BP power is set at 2.2 mW.