Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16 (1): 010604, Published Online: Jul. 16, 2018
Polarization-maintained coupled optoelectronic oscillator incorporating an unpumped erbium-doped fiber Download: 806次
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Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the proposed polarization-maintained COEO incorporating a short length of unpumped EDF. EDFA, erbium-doped fiber amplifier; OC, optical coupler.
Fig. 2. (a) Electrical spectrum of the generated 10 GHz RF signal and (b) the eye diagram; (c) the optical spectrum and (d) the electrical spectrum of the generated optical pulses from the polarization-maintained COEO without incorporating an unpumped EDF.
Fig. 3. Electrical spectra of the generated 10 GHz RF signal from the polarization-maintained COEO incorporating a (a) 1, (b) 2, or (c) 4 m unpumped EDF with an absorption coefficient of 13 dB/m at 1530 nm.
Fig. 4. Electrical spectra of the optical pulses when a 1 m EDF with absorption coefficients of (a) 7, (b) 13, or (c) 22 dB/m at 1530 nm is inserted to fiber laser cavity.
Fig. 5. (Color online) (a) Eye diagram and (b) optical spectrum of the generated optical pulse when 1 m EDF with an absorption coefficient of 13 dB/m at 1530 nm is incorporated; (c) the phase noise of the generated RF signal from the OEO loop with and without the 1 m EDF with an absorption coefficient of 13 dB/m at 1530 nm.
Tianhua Du, Dan Zhu, Shilong Pan. Polarization-maintained coupled optoelectronic oscillator incorporating an unpumped erbium-doped fiber[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(1): 010604.