Dual wavelength single longitudinal mode Ytterbium-doped fiber laser using a dual-tapered Mach-Zehnder interferometer

H. Ahmad; M. A. M. Salim; S. R. Azzuhri; M. Z. Zulkifli; S. W. Harun

doi:10.2971/jeos.2015.15013

Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid publications, Vol 10 (2015)

Dual wavelength single longitudinal mode Ytterbium-doped fiber laser using a dual-tapered Mach-Zehnder interferometer

H. Ahmad, M. A. M. Salim, S. R. Azzuhri, M. Z. Zulkifli, S. W. Harun

Abstract

This paper describes a dual wavelength single longitudinal mode (SLM) demonstration for a proposed ytterbium-doped fiber laser. A dualtapered Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) was inserted into the laser ring cavity setup to ensure a stable dual wavelength and SLM operation. The consequent dual wavelength lasing operation had a wavelength spacing of 0.94 nm and a side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of 50 dB, with the linewidth of this setup measured as 294.15 kHz. A stability test allowed for a measurement of max power fluctuation as less than 0.8 dB for each wavelength and which was indicative of a stable dual wavelength operation.

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