Abstract

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a tunable and switchable multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring pulsed laser based on a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) and an improved Sagnac filter. To achieve multi-wavelength pulsed laser output, we adopt a NOLM as a quasi-saturable absorber and an improved Sagnac loop as a wavelength selected filter. The constructed laser has a maximum output wavelength number of five with a pulse repetition frequency of 40.45 kHz and pulse duration of 108 ns. The laser can output single-wavelength and dual-wavelength pulsed lasers within a certain wavelength tuning range and a five-wavelength pulsed laser with a constant wavelength interval of 3 nm by adjusting the polarization controller. Dual-wavelength, three-wavelength, and four-wavelength pulsed lasers with various wavelength intervals are also obtained. The output performance of the constructed laser is tested with a maximum average output power of 127.45 µW and minimum pulse duration of 52 ns, and the stability of the laser output is also tested with a maximum power fluctuation of 0.62 dB and minimum wavelength drift of 0.51 nm with pump power of 350 mW.

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