High-stable and broadband erbium-doped superfluorescent photonic crystal fiber source

Xu Wu; Shuang-chen Ruan; Cheng-xiang Liu; Li Zhang

doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.9.095005

26 September 2012 High-stable and broadband erbium-doped superfluorescent photonic crystal fiber source

Xu Wu, Shuang-chen Ruan, Cheng-xiang Liu, Li Zhang

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 51, Issue 9, 095005 (September 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.9.095005

Abstract

A high-stable and broadband single-pass backward configuration superfluorescent fiber source based on erbium-doped photonic crystal fiber (EDPCF) is proposed. With the proper EDPCF length, pump power, and a gain flattening filter, we demonstrate that it is possible to create a high-stable and broadband erbium-doped superfluorescent photonic crystal fiber source (SPCFS). This was accomplished by replacing the conventional erbium-doped fiber with the EDPCF, the intrinsic thermal coefficient of which is four times less than the measured conventional erbium-doped fibers. The SPCFS showed that the total output power stability was less than 0.0337%, the 3-dB spectral width was broader than 42 nm, the output spectrum flatness was less than 1 dB, and the mean wavelength stability was less than 2.58 ppm over 6 h at temperatures from 24.3°C to 25.5°C, which approached the requirement for inertial-grade fiber optic gyroscopes.

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Xu Wu, Shuang-chen Ruan, Cheng-xiang Liu, and Li Zhang "High-stable and broadband erbium-doped superfluorescent photonic crystal fiber source," Optical Engineering 51(9), 095005 (26 September 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.9.095005

Published: 26 September 2012

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