In the study, we demonstrate an erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser system by integrating the Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) and triple-fiber-ring structures to generate the single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) output in L-band bandwidth. Here, a sub-ring with a 5.5 m unpumped EDF based saturable absorber (SA) is also applied to induce the narrowband auto-tracking filter behavior. Based on the proposed fiber cavity induced mode-filter effect, the EDF laser can achieve the stable, narrow and wavelength-tunable output characteristics over an effective tuning range of 1568.0 to 1613.0 nm. Furthermore, the output stability, optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR), output power and laser linewidth of the laser are also performed and discussed.
In this research, we present and design a blended wavelength-division-multiplexing passive optical network (WDM-PON) architecture to deliver both baseband and free-space optical (FSO) signals by using two wavelength bands over an available bandwidth to avoid the signal interference. Only using few additional components in the optical line termination (OLT) and optical network unit (ONU)/optical wireless unit (OWU) can achieve self-protected operation in the presented hybrid fiber-FSO access network against fiber breakage. In the measurement, eight WDM wavelengths with 24.3 Gbit/s on-off keying (OOK) modulation format are applied to verify and discuss the bit error rate (BER) performances of baseband and FSO signals, respectively, through 25 km fiber and 2 m wireless FSO connections. Therefore, the presented PON not only can deliver both baseband and FSO traffics, but can also provide a self-restored mechanism against fiber fault.
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