Abstract

A modified polarization-maintaining Sagnac loop mirror is proposed, and the simulated transmission spectrum of the proposed filter is in accordance with experimental transmission spectrum. Based on the proposed filter, a multi-wavelength thulium-doped fiber laser is constructed and experimentally demonstrated. The stable multi-wavelength oscillation within 60 minutes is achieved through the nonlinear polarization rotation effect enhanced by the highly nonlinear fiber. By fine tuning the polarization state, up to 35 lasing lines are obtained within a 10-dB bandwidth with wavelength separation of ∼1.38 nm at room temperature. The wavelength shift and the output power fluctuation are less than 0.04 nm and 1.69 dB, respectively. In addition, by changing the optical coupling ratio in the Sagnac loop mirror, different outputs with 7, 8, 16 lasing lines are also obtained.

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