Abstract

In this paper, a model describing the four-wave mixing (FWM) among an arbitrary amount of incident waves is derived and the predictor–corrector method is exploited to solve the equations. Based on the numerical model, we studied methods to promote the energy exchange among the incident waves. The results show that a proper value of phase mismatch can accelerate the energy exchanging among the pump waves and simultaneously reduces the idler wave powers. This model is applied to investigate the behavior of a multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (MWEDFL) exploiting FWM. According to the simulation, through using a 50-m-long nonlinear fiber with nonlinear coefficient of 11 /W/km, 19 lines can be obtained in the output spectrum with power difference $<$3 dB.

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