Stable and wideband L-band erbium superfluorescent fiber source using improved bi-directional pumping configuration

doi:10.1364/OE.15.009778

Stable and wideband L-band erbium superfluorescent fiber source using improved bi-directional pumping configuration

Wencai Huang, Xiulin Wang, Benrui Zheng, Huiying Xu, Chenchun Ye, and Zhiping Cai »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 15, pp. 9778-9783 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.009778

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We have proposed and demonstrated a wideband and wavelength stable L-band erbium-doped superfluorescent fiber source (SFS) using an improved double-pass bi-directional (DP-BD) pumping configuration with a segment of un-pumped fiber. The effects of the fiber length and pump power arrangements on the output characteristics of the L-band SFS are examined. Simulations and experiments show that the output characteristics of the L-band SFS are significantly improved by using an un-pumped fiber in the DP-BD pumping configuration. This designed configuration allows a wavelength stable L-band SFS operation with a broadening bandwidth of 52.6nm, an enhanced pumping efficiency of 47.5%, and a mean wavelength of 1580.42nm.

OCIS Codes
(060.2320) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators
(060.2410) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fibers, erbium
(140.4480) Lasers and laser optics : Optical amplifiers

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Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: May 25, 2007
Revised Manuscript: July 9, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: July 11, 2007
Published: July 20, 2007

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Wencai Huang, Xiulin Wang, Benrui Zheng, Huiying Xu, Chenchun Ye, and Zhiping Cai, "Stable and wideband L-band erbium superfluorescent fiber source using improved bi-directional pumping configuration," Opt. Express 15, 9778-9783 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-15-9778

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Cai, Z. P.
Chen, C. D.
Chen, S. P.
Chen, Y. K.
Digonnet, M. J. F.
Dominique, M. D.
Hall, D. C.
Hsu, S.
Huang, W. C.
Kim, B. Y.
Law, P. C.
Lee, C. M.
Lew, G.
Li, Y. G.
Robert, P. M.
Su, C. D.
Tsai, S. C.
Tsai, T. C.
Wang, L. A.
Wang, X. L.
William, K. B.
Wysocki, P. F.
Xu, H. Y.
Ye, C. C.
Zatta, P. Z.
Zhu, J. P.

Electron. Lett.

L. A. Wang, C. D. Chen, "Stable and broadband Er-doped superfluorescent fiber sources using double pass backward configuration," Electron. Lett., 32, 1815-1817 (1996). [CrossRef]
P. Z. Zatta, D. C. Hall, "Ultra-stability two-stage superfluorescent fiber source for fiber optics gyroscope," Electron. Lett. 38, 406-408 (2002). [CrossRef]

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

S. C. Tsai, T. C. Tsai, P. C. Law, and Y. K. Chen, "High pumping efficiency L-band erbium doped fiber ASE source using double pass bidirectional pumping configuration," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 197-199 (2003). [CrossRef]
P. F. Wysocki, M. J. F. Digonnet and B. Y. Kim, "Spectral characteristics of high-power 1.5μm broad-band superluminescent fiber sources," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 2, 178-180 (1990). [CrossRef]

J. Lightwave Technol.

P. F. Wysocki, M. J. F. Digonnet, B. Y. Kim et al., "Characteristics of erbium-doped superfluorescent fiber sources for interferometric sensor applications," J. Lightwave Technol. 12, 550-567 (1994). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt.

W. C. Huang, X. L. Wang, Z. P. Cai, H. Y. Xu and C. C. Ye. "A pump power insensitive high statbility L-band erbium-doped superfluorescent fiber source," J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 7, 179-182 (2005). [CrossRef]

J.Lightwave Technol.

M. D. Dominique, G. Lew, P. M. Robert, and K. B. William, "Wavelength stability characteristics of a high-power, amplified superfluorescent source," J.Lightwave Technol. 17, 1415-1422 (1999). [CrossRef]
C. D. Su, L. A. Wang, "Multiwavelength fiber sources based on double-pass superfluorescent fiber sources," J.Lightwave Technol. 18, 708-714 (2000). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

S. P. Chen, Y. G. Li, J. P. Zhu et al., "Watt-level L band superfluorescent fiber source," Opt. Express 13, 1531-1536 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Quantum Electron.

S. C. Tsai, C. M. Lee, S. Hsu and Y. K. Chen. "Characteristic comparison of single-pumped L-band erbium-doped fiber amplified spontaneous emission sources," Opt. Quantum Electron. 34, 1111-1117 (2002). [CrossRef]
S. C. Tsai, T. C. Tsai, P. C. Law, and Y. K. Chen, "High-power flat L-band erbium-doped fiber ASE source using dual forward-pumping scheme," Opt. Quantum Electron. 35, 161-167 (2003). [CrossRef]

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