Eye-diagram and Q factor evaluation of fiber ring laser in lightwave transmission

A C-band erbium doped fiber ring laser is proposed and investigated. With the use of two sub-ring cavities and a saturable absorber, a high quality and stable fiber ring laser is obtained for high optical signal to noise ratio operation in lightwave transmission. As different fiber Bragg gratings are employed as the wavelength filter, a narrow 3 dB-bandwidth is necessary for the high quality operation. The fiber ring laser is evaluated in lightwave transmission. The Q factor and eye diagrams are also measured and discussed.