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The past decade has seen an increased interest in multiwavelength optical sources. Various methods and technologies exist for developing multiwavelength lasers with varying features and characteristics. A particular category that has gained much interest, are multiwavelength fiber lasers that combine nonlinear gain from stimulated Brillouin scattering with linear gain from erbium doped fibers. / This thesis demonstrates experimentally a Brillouin semiconductor multiwavelength fiber laser that utilizes semiconductor optical amplifiers as the linear gain medium. This novel technique allows for multiwavelength Brillouin fiber lasers to operate in any wavelength band for which SOAs are available. We begin by demonstrating a ring cavity configuration with a single wavelength output in the C/L bands. This configuration is enhanced for multiwavelength generation by the addition of a feedback path. The setup is then implemented in the O-band to demonste that the Brillouin fiber laser can be made to operate at any wavelength. Finally, several linear cavity configurations are explored and shown to improve the performance of the multiwavelength output in the O- and C/L- bands.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon Graduate Center, 1988.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- McMaster University, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 158-167). Also available via World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- McMaster University, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-97). Also available via World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- McMaster University, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-132). Also available via World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph.D) -- McMaster University, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 130-139). Also available via World Wide Web.

Zugl.: Zürich, Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 2007