scholarly journals Hybrid Raman-Erbium Random Fiber Laser with a Half Open Cavity Assisted by Artificially Controlled Backscattering Fiber Reflectors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Perez-Herrera ◽  
P. Roldan-Varona ◽  
M. Galarza ◽  
S. Sañudo-Lasagabaster ◽  
L. Rodriguez-Cobo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Output Power ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Power Level ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Gain Medium ◽  
Optical Signal ◽  
Open Cavity ◽  
Output Power Level ◽  
Erbium Doped

Abstract A hybrid Raman-erbium random fiber laser (RFL) with a half-open cavity assisted by chirped artificially controlled backscattering fiber reflectors (ACBFRs) is presented. A combination of 2.4 km of dispersion compensating fiber (DCF) with two highly erbium-doped fiber (EDF) pieces of 5 m length was used as gain medium. A single random laser emission line centered at 1553.8 nm with an output power level of -6.5 dBm and an optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR) of 47 dB was obtained when pumped at 37.5 dBm. A full width at half maximum (FHWM) of 1 nm and a 100% confidence level (CL) output power instability as low as 0.08 dB were measured. The utilization of the new laser cavity as a temperature and strain sensor is also experimentally studied.

scholarly journals Hybrid Raman-erbium random fiber laser with a half open cavity assisted by artificially controlled backscattering fiber reflectors

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Perez-Herrera ◽  
P. Roldan-Varona ◽  
M. Galarza ◽  
S. Sañudo-Lasagabaster ◽  
L. Rodriguez-Cobo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Laser Emission ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Strain Sensor ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Optical Signal ◽  
Open Cavity ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Power Instability

AbstractA hybrid Raman-erbium random fiber laser with a half-open cavity assisted by chirped artificially controlled backscattering fiber reflectors is presented. A combination of a 2.4 km-long dispersion compensating fiber with two highly erbium-doped fiber pieces of 5 m length were used as gain media. A single random laser emission line centered at 1553.8 nm with an optical signal to noise ratio of 47 dB were obtained when pumped at 37.5 dBm. A full width at half maximum of 1 nm and a 100% confidence level output power instability as low as 0.08 dB were measured. The utilization of the new laser cavity as a temperature and strain sensor is also experimentally studied.

scholarly journals Pulse train stability in passively Mode-locked Erbium-doped fiber laser with a nonlinear polarization rotation

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 1212
Author(s):  
Nur Ameelia Abdul Kadir ◽  
Nurul Alina Afifi Norizan ◽  
Azura Hamzah
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Ring Cavity ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Gain Medium ◽  
Optical Signal ◽  
Polarization Rotation ◽  
Nonlinear Polarization ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Nonlinear Polarization Rotation

<span>A nonlinear polarization rotation technique-based mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser has been experimentally demonstrated using a 0.75 m long highly concentrated erbium-doped fiber as the gain medium. With unintentional polarization dependent loss induced by twisting single-mode fiber in an intracavity polarization controller, the optical output of the laser shifts from continuous wavelength to modelocked soliton pulse. A stable and cleaner pulse with a repetition rate of 15.32 MHz laser wavelengths and a pulse energy of 0.496 nJ with optical signal-to noise ratio of more than 33 dB are successfully obtained using a simple ring cavity.</span>

scholarly journals Microdrilled tapers to enhance optical fiber lasers for sensing

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Perez-Herrera ◽  
M. Bravo ◽  
P. Roldan-Varona ◽  
D. Leandro ◽  
L. Rodriguez-Cobo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Fiber Lasers ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Power Level ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Optical Signal ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Output Power Level ◽  
Linear Cavity

AbstractIn this work, an experimental analysis of the performance of different types of quasi-randomly distributed reflectors inscribed into a single-mode fiber as a sensing mirror is presented. These artificially-controlled backscattering fiber reflectors are used in short linear cavity fiber lasers. In particular, laser emission and sensor application features are analyzed when employing optical tapered fibers, micro-drilled optical fibers and 50 μm-waist or 100 μm-waist micro-drilled tapered fibers (MDTF). Single-wavelength laser with an output power level of about 8.2 dBm and an optical signal-to-noise ratio of 45 dB were measured when employing a 50 μm-waist micro-drilled tapered optical fiber. The achieved temperature sensitivities were similar to those of FBGs; however, the strain sensitivity improved more than one order of magnitude in comparison with FBG sensors, attaining slope sensitivities as good as 18.1 pm/με when using a 50 μm-waist MDTF as distributed reflector.

scholarly journals Graphene slurry based passive Q-switcher in erbium doped fiber laser

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Nur Fatin Zuikafly ◽  
Nor Farhah Razak ◽  
Rizuan Mohd Rosnan ◽  
Sulaiman Wadi Harun ◽  
Fauzan Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Pump Power ◽  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Peak Power ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Pulsed Laser ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Maximum Pulse Energy ◽  
Erbium Doped

In this work, a Graphene slurry based passive Q-switcher fabricated from Graphene-Polylactic acid (PLA) filament which is used for 3D printing. To produce the Graphene slurry, the diameter of the filament was reduced and Tetrahydrofuran (THF) was used to dissolve the PLA. The Graphene-THF suspension was drop cast to the end of a fiber ferrule and the THF then evaporated to develop Graphene slurry based SA which is integrated in fiber laser cavity. At threshold input pump power of 30.45 mW, a Q-switched Erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) can be observed with the wavelength centered at 1531.01 nm and this remained stable up to a pump power of 179.5 mW. As the pump power was increased gradually, an increase in the repetition rates was recorded from 42 kHz to 125 kHz, while the pulse width was reduced to 2.58 μs from 6.74 μs. The Q-switched laser yielded a maximum pulse energy and peak power of 11.68 nJ and 4.16 mW, respectively. The proposed Graphene slurry based saturable absorber also produced a signal-to-noise ratio of 44 dB indicating a stable Q-switched pulsed laser.

scholarly journals Simulation of dual stage thulium-doped fiber amplifier using pump power distribution technique

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 1203
Author(s):  
Muhammad Syauqi Kusyairi Bin Jamalus ◽  
Nelidya Md. Yusoff ◽  
Abdul Hadi Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Pump Power ◽  
Output Power ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
Noise Figure ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Fiber Amplifier ◽  
Gain Medium ◽  
Optical Signal ◽  
Double Pass ◽  
Dual Stage

<span>This paper shows dual stage thulium-doped fiber amplifiers (TDFAs) that use a pump power distribution technique. Simulations were done with signals ranging from 1975 nm to 2000 nm using the OptiSystem v.13 software. The results required were gathered from the software. The results of gain, noise figure, optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) and output power were obtained. The highest gain and lowest noise figure results were achieved for the double pass dual stage TDFA configuration with values of 19.85 dB and 5.58 dB respectively, followed by the single pass dual stage TDFA. The OSNR and output power performances were also better for the double pass dual stage TDFA, obtaining 57.12 dB and 19.55 dBm respectively. This study shows that thulium can be used in the 2 µm region as an active gain medium and the dual stage architecture and distributed pumping technique proves to be effective techniques to obtain the desired results. Experimental work will be done in the future with the simulated results used as a reference.</span>

scholarly journals Observation of dark and bright pulses in q-switched erbium doped fiber laser using graphene nano-platelets as saturable absorber

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Hidayah Muhamad Apandi ◽  
Siti Nur Fatin Zuikafly ◽  
Nabilah Kasim ◽  
Mohd Ambri Mohamed ◽  
Sulaiman Wadi Harun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polyvinyl Alcohol ◽  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Saturable Absorber ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Ring Cavity ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Laser Generation ◽  
Output Peak Power ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Cavity Configuration

In this paper, a passively Q-switched Erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) by residing Graphene nanoplatelets (GnPs) embedded in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) based saturable absorber (SA) is demonstrated. To aid the dispersion of GNPs, a surfactant is used and then it is mixed with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as host polymer to develop GnPs-PVA film based passive SA. The GnPs-PVA based film then integrated in laser cavity in ring cavity configuration for pulse laser generation. The experimental works show that the proposed passive SA operates at input pump power range from 77 mW to 128 mW with a tunable repetition rate from 78.4 kHz to 114.8 kHz and a shortest pulse width of 3.69 µs. The laser produces maximum instantaneous output peak power and pulse energy of 7.3 mW and 30.46 nJ, respectively and accompanied by signal to noise ratio (SNR) of 64 dB.

Use of symmetric Sagnac dual-ring scheme for tunable single-mode erbium fiber laser

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Chi Chen ◽  
Chien-Hung Yeh ◽  
Wen-Piao Lin ◽  
Li-Hung Liu ◽  
Han-Shin Ko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Longitudinal Mode ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Gain Medium ◽  
Optical Signal ◽  
Wavelength Tuning ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Dual Ring

Abstract In this paper, an erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser with symmetric Sagnac dual-ring scheme is experimentally studied to achieve tunable and stable continuous-wave (CW) single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) presentation. In the measurement, the obtained wavelength-tuning bandwidth can be reached from 1518.0 to 1578.0 nm based on a C-band EDF gain-medium. Moreover, the corresponding output power, optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR) and wavelength linewidth of the designed EDF laser are studied and performed simultaneously.

NUMERICAL MODELING OF EDFL AND BRILLOUIN ERBIUM FIBER LASER

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (02) ◽  
pp. 281-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. KAMIL ABD-RAHMAN ◽  
S. SELVAKENNEDY ◽  
H. AHMAD
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Spectral Characteristics ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Gain Medium ◽  
Lasing Wavelength ◽  
Steady State Condition ◽  
Continuous Wave Operation ◽  
Erbium Doped

Rigorous numerical models for the analysis of continuous wave operation of the erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) and Brillouin erbium fiber laser (BEFL) are demonstrated. The modeling of EDFL and BEFL (incorporating a non-linear gain medium), allows the behaviour of laser modes in their initial transient periods of operation to be analyzed. The analysis on competing modes in the laser cavity in determining the lasing wavelength, output power and spectral characteristics are not readily investigated via experimental approach. The results of the laser models in a steady state condition match acceptably well with the experimental data.

Cu2Te-PVA as Saturable Absorber for Generating Q-switched Erbium-doped Fiber Laser

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harith b Ahmad ◽  
Nur Fatini Azmy ◽  
Siti Aisyah Reduan ◽  
Norazriena Yusoff ◽  
Zamzuri Abdul Kadir
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Saturable Absorber ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Tuning Range ◽  
Bandpass Filter ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Continuous Operation ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Erbium Doped

Abstract A passively Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) using copper telluride-polyvinyl alcohol (Cu2Te-PVA) thin film as saturable absorber (SA) was proposed and demonstrated. The generated Q-switched pulses could be tuned over a tuning range of 44 nm from 1530 nm to 1574 nm, with the addition of a tunable bandpass filter (TBPF) into the C-band laser cavity. The pump power of 130.1 mW to 221.0 mW was used to observe the output pulses, which had repetition rates from 51.3 kHz to 61.7 kHz, with a minimum pulse width of around 1.84 µs and highest pulse energy of 7 nJ. The generated pulses were stable with a constant signal to noise ratio (SNR) value of around 51 dB when tested under continuous operation over a period of 60 minutes. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of Q-switched pulses induced by a Cu2Te-PVA based SA in an EDFL.

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