Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1542624 | Optics Communications | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A multiwavelength laser source is demonstrated with a high power erbium-doped fiber amplifier as the gain medium. A highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is inserted in the ring cavity to provide nonlinear gain by four-wave mixing. A Sagnac loop is incorporated in the ring cavity serving as a comb-like multichannel filter. The comparison between fiber ring laser without PCF and with PCF shows that the highly nonlinear PCF can generate a larger number of excited wavelengths and help stabilize the output power.
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Authors
Ailing Zhang, M.S. Demokan, H.Y. Tam,