Hybrid Brillouin/Erbium fibre laser operating at long wavelength band

✍ Scribed by S. W. Harun; M. Tamchek; M. K. Abd-Rahman; H. Ahmad

• Book ID: 102515255
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 117 KB
• Volume: 33
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0895-2477
• DOI: 10.1002/mop.10329

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The operation of the hybrid Brillouin/Erbium fibre laser (BEFL) in the long wavelength band (L‐band) region is experimentally demonstrated. It uses a 50‐m long erbium‐doped fibre (EDF) with 400 ppm ion concentration as a gain medium to amplify the Stokes frequency signal generated in single mode fibre (SMF). The stokes frequency is shifted 10 GHz from the Brillouin pump with a tunability from 1598–1612 nm. The BEFL has the potential to be used in future wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) communication systems. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 33: 383–385, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10329