Periodic and non-periodic frequency selection in an erbium doped fiber laser by silica microdisk optical cavity filters

doi:10.1364/OE.18.016797

Periodic and non-periodic frequency selection in an erbium doped fiber laser by silica microdisk optical cavity filters

Sacha Bergeron, Samir Saïdi, and Yves-Alain Peter »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 16, pp. 16797-16804 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.016797

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Abstract

Integrated silica microdisk resonators can be used to create a variety of very high performance spectral filters. These filters can control the spectral emission of an erbium doped fiber laser. By modifying the number and sizes of the microdisks constituting these filters it is possible to produce single wavelength, periodic multi-frequency and non-periodic multi-wavelength fiber lasers. Channel spacing as low as 0.28 nm and non-periodic four wavelength lasers were demonstrated.

OCIS Codes
(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
(140.3510) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, fiber
(140.4780) Lasers and laser optics : Optical resonators
(140.3945) Lasers and laser optics : Microcavities
(130.7408) Integrated optics : Wavelength filtering devices
(130.3990) Integrated optics : Micro-optical devices

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Integrated Optics

History
Original Manuscript: June 17, 2010
Revised Manuscript: July 9, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: July 12, 2010
Published: July 23, 2010

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Sacha Bergeron, Samir Saïdi, and Yves-Alain Peter, "Periodic and non-periodic frequency selection in an erbium doped fiber laser by silica microdisk optical cavity filters," Opt. Express 18, 16797-16804 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-16-16797

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Appl. Phys. B

J. Cousin, P. Masselin, W. Chen, D. Boucher, S. Kassi, D. Romanini, and P. Szriftgiser, “Application of a continuous-wave tunable erbium-doped fiber laser to molecular spectroscopy in the near infrared,” Appl. Phys. B 83, 261–266 (2006). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

D. Armani, B. Min, A. Martin, and K. J. Vahala, “Electrical thermo-optic tuning of ultrahigh-Q microtoroid resonators,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 5439–5441 (2004). [CrossRef]

Electron. Lett.

X. Dong, S. Li, K. Chiang, M. Ng, and B. Chu, “Multiwavelength erbium-doped fibre laser based on a high birefringence fibre loop mirror,” Electron. Lett. 36, 1609–1610 (2000). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

T. J. Kippenberg, S. M. Spillane, D. K. Armani, and K. J. Vahala, “Fabrication and coupling to planar high-q silica disk microcavities,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 83, 797–799 (2003).
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IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

A. Zhang, H. Liu, M. Demokan, and H. Tam, “Stable and broad bandwidth multiwavelength fiber ring laser incorporating a highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17, 2535–2537 (2005). [CrossRef]
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N. Park, and P. Wysocki, “24-line multiwavelength operation of erbium-doped fiber-ring laser,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 8, 1459–1461 (1996). [CrossRef]

J. Lightwave Technol.

A. Bellemare, M. Karasek, M. Rochette, S. LaRochelle, and M. Tetu, “Room temperature multifrequency erbium doped fiber lasers anchored on the itu frequency grid,” J. Lightwave Technol. 18, 825–831 (2000). [CrossRef]
B. Little, S. Chu, H. Haus, J. Foresi, and J.-P. Laine, “Microring resonator channel dropping filters,” J. Lightwave Technol. 15, 998–1005 (1997). [CrossRef]

Nature

K. J. Vahala, “Optical microcavities,” Nature 424, 839–846 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. Noda, A. Chutinan, and M. Imada, “Trapping and emission of photons by a single defect in a photonic bandgap structure,” Nature 407, 608–610 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. Y. Lin, J. G. Fleming, D. L. Hetherington, B. K. Smith, R. Biswas, K. M. Ho, M. M. Sigalas, W. Zubrzycki, S. R. Kurtz, and J. Bur, “A three-dimensional photonic crystal operating at infrared wavelengths,” Nature 394, 251–253 (1998). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

X. Wang, T. Liu, V. R. de Almeida, and R. R. Panepucci, “On-chip silicon photonic wavelength control of optical fiber lasers,” Opt. Express 16, 15671–15676 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

M. Beaugeois, B. Pinchemel, M. Bouazaoui, M. Lesecq, S. Maricot, and J. P. Vilcot, “All-optical tunability of InGaAsP/inp microdisk resonator by infrared light irradiation,” Opt. Lett. 32, 35–37 (2007). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

M. Cai, O. Painter, and K. J. Vahala, “Observation of critical fiber taper to a silica-microsphere whispering-gallery mode system,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 74–77 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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