Abstract

In this paper, a novel dual-wavelength wide-spectrum erbium-doped fiber ring laser (EDFRL) for optical fiber sensing system is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The output of EDFRL is theoretically simulated and classified depending on the theoretical analysis of laser threshold condition into “excited state” and “nonexcited state”. The influence of pump wavelength, fiber laser configuration, EDF length and output coupling ratio of EDFRL is discussed. The EDFRL pumped at 1480 nm wavelength and backward-pumped mode could achieve the stable maximum wide-spectrum output power. The output power fluctuation is lower than 0.06 dB and the center wavelengths shift is less than 0.01 nm. The practicability of EDFRL in a hybrid M-Z and Sagnac interferometer optical fiber sensing system is demonstrated through the comparison of SLD and EDFRL. Consequently, the EDFRL proposed in this study is expected to replace the traditional SLD in the optical fiber interferometric sensing system at a lower cost.

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