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Tunable dual-wavelength fiber laser based on a polarization-maintaining fiber Bragg grating and a Hi-Bi fiber optical loop mirror

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We demonstrate experimentally the operation of a linear cavity dual-wavelength fiber laser using a polarization maintaining fiber Bragg grating (PM-FBG) as an end mirror that defines two closely spaced laser emission lines. The PM-FBG is also used to tune the laser wavelengths. The total tuning range is ∼8 nm. The laser operates in a stable dual-wavelength mode for an appropriate adjustment of the cavity losses for the generated wavelengths. The high birefringence (Hi-Bi) fiber optical loop mirror (FOLM) is used as a tunable spectral filter to adjust the losses. The FOLM adjustment was performed by the temperature control of the Hi-Bi fiber.

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  1. FCFM, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Av. San Claudio y Rio Verde s/n Col., San Manuel, C.P. 72570, Puebla, Mexico

    R. I. Álvarez-Tamayo

  2. Mecatrónica, Universidad Tecnológica de Puebla, Antiguo Camino a la Resurrección no. 1002-A Parque Industrial, Puebla, Pue., 72300, Mexico

    M. Durán-Sánchez

  3. Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Óptica y Electrónica, Optics Department, Luis Enrique Erro no. 1, Puebla, Pue., 72000, Mexico

    E. A. Kuzin & B. Ibarra-Escamilla

  4. Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, Fiber Optics Department, Lomas del Bosque no. 115, Leon, Gto., 37150, Mexico

    O. Pottiez

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Álvarez-Tamayo, R.I., Durán-Sánchez, M., Pottiez, O. et al. Tunable dual-wavelength fiber laser based on a polarization-maintaining fiber Bragg grating and a Hi-Bi fiber optical loop mirror. Laser Phys. 21, 1932–1935 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X11190017

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