Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vol 8, No 2: November 2017

Dual-Wavelength Thulium Ytterbium Co-Doped Fiber Laser

Hazlihan Haris (University of Malaya)
Ahmad Razif Muhammad (University of Malaya)
Norazlina Saidin (International Islamic University Malaysia)
Mohd Shahnan Zainal Abidin (International Islamic University Malaysia)
Hamzah Arof (University of Malaya)
Mukul Chandra Paul (Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute)
Sulaiman Wadi Harun (University of Malaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Nov 2017

Abstract

We report on the generation of dual-wavelength fiber laser peaking at 1990.64 and 1998.92 nm with a simple ring cavity setup. The lasers are demonstrated using a fabricated silica-based nano-engineered octagonal shaped double-clad Thulium-Ytterbium co-doped fiber (TYDF) as a gain medium in a simple all-fiber ring configuration. By using 980 nm multimode laser, a stable dual-wavelength laser is generated at a threshold pump power of 1500 mW due to the non-polarization rotation (NPR) effect occurred in the cavity. The effect has been self-controlled by a suppression of mode competition in the gain medium. The result shows that the slope efficiency of the generated dual–wavelength laser is measured to be 27.23%. This dual-wavelength TYDF laser operated steadily at room temperature with a 34 dB optical signal-to-noise ratio. Keywords: Dual-wavelength fiber laser, nano-engineered glass, silica-based TYDF, NPR effect.

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