多波长光纤激光器要点.ppt

多波长光纤激光器的应用： WDM光纤通信系统； 光纤传感系统； 光器件测试及光信号处理； 微波光子学；等领域。 Multiwavelength tuning with variable attenuator The transmission of a NOLM is given by [8]: , (1) where ? is the splitting ratio of the NOLM, ? is the additional phase difference induced by the PCs, ? (=2?n2PiL/?Aeff) is the nonlinear phase shift, n2 is the nonlinear (Kerr) coefficient, L is the loop length, ? is the operating wavelength, Aeff is the effective fiber core area, and Pi is the input power. As can be clearly seen that the NOLM can effectively induce IDL and the IDL introduces positive feedback for the weak lasing oscillations and negative feedback for the strong lasing oscillations. In the steady state, despite of the fact that gain competition still exists, all lasing wavelengths will exhibit similar strength. Eventually, stable broadband multiwavelength oscillations with excellent output spectrum uniformity can be achieved. To illustrate the mechanism of the gain-clamping effect and its effect on multiwavelength lasing of the fiber laser, the cavity loss and the gain of EDFL are analyzed. The total cavity loss for a given wavelength and the gain of EDFA as a function of total input power were shown in the same figure. When the cavity loss is fixed and is independent of wavelength and intensity as shown by the blue line. Initially, many wavelengths defined by the laser cavity comb filter satisfy the lasing condition of cavity gain being greater than cavity loss. Power starts to build up quickly for all the wavelengths. However, with the increase of power, the gain of the EDFA will start to saturate and the gain will reduce. Since EDF is a homogeneous gain medium, eventually only the lasing oscillation at the wavelength with the maximum gain will satisfy the stable lasing condition with cavity gain equals the cavity loss, shown as point A and B in the figure. To ensure the gain and loss are equal for many wavelengths simultaneously to realize multiwavelength operations in ED