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Multi-wavelength fiber laser based on a fiber Fabry–Perot interferometer

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In this work we report experimental studies of an erbium-doped fiber laser design that simultaneously emits up to three wavelengths. The laser cavity configuration has an all-fiber, Fabry–Perot interferometer, based on the insertion of air cavities in the fiber, near one end of a conventional single-mode fiber. The laser emissions have a side-mode suppression ratio over 25 dB, wavelength variations around 0.04 nm, and 2 dB power fluctuations. By using a simple, controlled fiber curvature technique cavity losses are varied over a section of convectional single-mode fiber and the laser output is switched between single-, dual-, and triple-wavelength emission. Moreover, by applying a refractive index change over the fiber filter the emission wavelengths are shifted. The fiber laser offers a compact, simple, and low-cost design for a multiple wavelength outputs that can be adopted in future applications.

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Jauregui-Vazquez is grateful to the Universidad de Guanajuato DAIP. This work was partially supported by CONACYT Project 183893 and “Fortalecimiento y Consolidación de nuevas áreas de investigación dentro del laboratorio de optoelectrónica de la división de ingenierías del campus Irapuato-Salamanca 010/2015”.

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  1. División de Ingenierías Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Departamento de Electrónica, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carretera Salamanca-Valle de Santiago Km 3.5+1.8 Km, 3688, Salamanca, GTO, Mexico

    J. M. Estudillo-Ayala, D. Jauregui-Vazquez, M. Perez-Maciel, J. M. Sierra-Hernandez, R. Rojas-Laguna, Y. Lopez-Dieguez & J. C. Hernandez-Garcia

  2. Electro-Optics Program, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, 45469-2951, USA

    J. W. Haus

  3. División de Ingenierías Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Departamento de Estudios Multidisciplinarios, Universidad de Guanajuato, Av. Universidad s/n, Col. Yacatitas, 38940, Yuriria, GTO, Mexico

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    J. C. Hernandez-Garcia

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Estudillo-Ayala, J.M., Jauregui-Vazquez, D., Haus, J.W. et al. Multi-wavelength fiber laser based on a fiber Fabry–Perot interferometer. Appl. Phys. B 121, 407–412 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-015-6265-z

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