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Effect of bandpass filter bandwidth on the performance of linear cavity multiwavelength BEFL
Journal
4th International Conference on Photonics, ICP 2013 - Conference Proceeding
Date Issued
2013
Author(s)
Mansoor A.
Nan P.Y.
Rashid H.A.A.
Yusoff Z.
Othman M.
DOI
10.1109/ICP.2013.6687124
Abstract
We have investigated the self-lasing effect of the linear multiwavelength Brillouin-Erbium fiber laser with different tunable bandpass filter's bandwidth. Two 3dB bandwidth of 1 nm and 3 nm filter were used in this study. The experimental results show that the width of the TBF bandwidth plays an important role in shaping the self-lasing effect. By using the tunable bandpass filter with a broader bandwidth, the self-lasing effect can be suppressed efficiently thus producing higher Brillouin Stokes lines. At 0 dBm Brillouin pump power, up to 11 stable output laser channels can be obtained with the utilization of the 3 nm TBF as compared to only 5 output channels with the utilization of 1 nm TBF. � 2013 IEEE.