Tunable Multiwavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Employing PM-FBG and Mach–Zehnder Interferometer with Optical Fiber Delay Line

We propose the use of an erbium-doped fiber laser based on a polarization-maintaining fiber Bragg grating (PM-FBG) and all-fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) to realize a quadruple-wavelength 1.5-μm laser output. In the proposed system configuration, a 1535-nm center wavel...

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Main Authors: Wei He, Da Li, Lianqing Zhu, Mingli Dong, Fei Luo
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author Wei He
Da Li
Lianqing Zhu
Mingli Dong
Fei Luo
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Da Li
Lianqing Zhu
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Fei Luo
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description We propose the use of an erbium-doped fiber laser based on a polarization-maintaining fiber Bragg grating (PM-FBG) and all-fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) to realize a quadruple-wavelength 1.5-μm laser output. In the proposed system configuration, a 1535-nm center wavelength PM-FBG acts as the wavelength selector. The dual-pass MZI is fabricated using two couplers with a 50:50 splitting ratio, and the wavelength spacing of the comb is varied by using a spectrum power-driven optical fiber delay line inserted in MZI. The working threshold in the experiment is 82 mW. Tunable lasers of single-, dual-, triple-, and quadruple-wavelengths can be realized by adjusting the polarization controller. The generated wavelengths are in the range of 1534 to 1534.6 nm, the wavelength space is 0.2 nm, and the 3 dB linewidth is less than 0.05 nm. The power fluctuation is observed to be less than 0.912 dB, and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is larger than 34.9 dB at 26 °C over a scan time of 10 min.
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spelling doaj-art-94b7687b47544b7181dfbc3a5a30bdbd2025-08-20T03:15:14ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552017-01-01931810.1109/JPHOT.2017.26956717911184Tunable Multiwavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Employing PM-FBG and Mach–Zehnder Interferometer with Optical Fiber Delay LineWei He0Da Li1Lianqing Zhu2Mingli Dong3Fei Luo4Beijing Engineering Research Center of Optoelectronic Information and Instruments, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, ChinaBeijing Engineering Research Center of Optoelectronic Information and Instruments, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, ChinaBeijing Engineering Research Center of Optoelectronic Information and Instruments, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, ChinaBeijing Engineering Research Center of Optoelectronic Information and Instruments, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, ChinaBeijing Engineering Research Center of Optoelectronic Information and Instruments, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, ChinaWe propose the use of an erbium-doped fiber laser based on a polarization-maintaining fiber Bragg grating (PM-FBG) and all-fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) to realize a quadruple-wavelength 1.5-μm laser output. In the proposed system configuration, a 1535-nm center wavelength PM-FBG acts as the wavelength selector. The dual-pass MZI is fabricated using two couplers with a 50:50 splitting ratio, and the wavelength spacing of the comb is varied by using a spectrum power-driven optical fiber delay line inserted in MZI. The working threshold in the experiment is 82 mW. Tunable lasers of single-, dual-, triple-, and quadruple-wavelengths can be realized by adjusting the polarization controller. The generated wavelengths are in the range of 1534 to 1534.6 nm, the wavelength space is 0.2 nm, and the 3 dB linewidth is less than 0.05 nm. The power fluctuation is observed to be less than 0.912 dB, and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is larger than 34.9 dB at 26 °C over a scan time of 10 min.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7911184/Mach–Zehndermulti-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laseroptical fiber delay linePM-FBG.
spellingShingle Wei He
Da Li
Lianqing Zhu
Mingli Dong
Fei Luo
Tunable Multiwavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Employing PM-FBG and Mach–Zehnder Interferometer with Optical Fiber Delay Line
IEEE Photonics Journal
Mach–Zehnder
multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser
optical fiber delay line
PM-FBG.
title Tunable Multiwavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Employing PM-FBG and Mach–Zehnder Interferometer with Optical Fiber Delay Line
title_full Tunable Multiwavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Employing PM-FBG and Mach–Zehnder Interferometer with Optical Fiber Delay Line
title_fullStr Tunable Multiwavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Employing PM-FBG and Mach–Zehnder Interferometer with Optical Fiber Delay Line
title_full_unstemmed Tunable Multiwavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Employing PM-FBG and Mach–Zehnder Interferometer with Optical Fiber Delay Line
title_short Tunable Multiwavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Employing PM-FBG and Mach–Zehnder Interferometer with Optical Fiber Delay Line
title_sort tunable multiwavelength erbium doped fiber laser employing pm fbg and mach zehnder interferometer with optical fiber delay line
topic Mach–Zehnder
multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser
optical fiber delay line
PM-FBG.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7911184/
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