Title :
Injection-seeded Q-switched fiber ring laser
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
We present a narrow linewidth, injection-seeded Q-switched Er fiber ring oscillator, that provides over 600 μW of average output power at 500 Hz, with 1.2 μJ per pulse, before the output appears to be significantly affected by stimulated Brillouin scattering. This laser configuration provides multiple advantages in LIDAR systems because it offers the possibility of broad and rapid tunability.
Keywords :
Q-switching; erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; ring lasers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; 1.2 muJ; 500 Hz; 600 muW; Er; LIDAR systems; broad tunability; external cavity diode laser; fiber lasers; injection-seeded Q-switched fiber ring laser; injection-seeded ring oscillator; narrow linewidth Q-switched Er fiber ring oscillator; optical remote sensing; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser applications; Laser modes; Laser radar; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Pulse amplifiers; Ring lasers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.831297
