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Multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on random distributed feedback

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We experimentally demonstrated a multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on random distributed feedback via a 20-km-long single-mode fiber together with a Sagnac loop mirror. The number of channels can be modulated from 2 to 8 at room temperature when the pump power is changed from 30 to 180 mW, indicating that wavelength competition caused by homogenous gain broadening of erbium-doped fiber is significantly suppressed. Other advantages of the laser include low cost, low-threshold pump power and simple fabrication.

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Acknowledgments

This work was partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61475147, National Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China, under Grant No. Z13F050003 and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) under Grant No. 2016GZKF0JT005. Dr. Meng Jiang would like to thank Pujiang Program (No. 14PJ1400100) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2232014D3-28).

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  1. Institute of Optoelectronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Yuanyang Liu & Xinyong Dong

  2. CINTRA, Research Techno Plaza, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637553, Singapore

    Xinyong Dong & Ping Shum

  3. College of Science, Donghua University, Shanghai, China

    Meng Jiang

  4. Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 71 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 638075, Singapore

    Xia Yu

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Liu, Y., Dong, X., Jiang, M. et al. Multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on random distributed feedback. Appl. Phys. B 122, 240 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-016-6518-5

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