Dual-Frequency Operation in a Short-Cavity Ytterbium-Doped Fiber Laser

Author

Guan, W. ; Marciante, J.R.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, NY

Volume

19

Issue

5

fYear

2007

fDate

3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

261

Lastpage

263

Abstract

A dual-frequency 2-cm silica fiber laser with a wavelength spacing of 0.3 nm has been demonstrated using a polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber-Bragg-grating (FBG) reflector. The birefringence of the PM FBG was used to generate the two single-mode (SM) lasing frequencies of orthogonal polarizations. The SM operation in each wavelength has been verified. The output power reaches 43 mW with the optical signal-to-noise ratio of greater than 60 dB. The fiber laser shows stable dual-frequency output under pump variations

Keywords

Bragg gratings; birefringence; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; silicon compounds; ytterbium; 2 cm; 43 mW; SiO₂:Yb; birefringence; dual-frequency laser operation; fiber-Bragg-grating reflector; optical signal-to-noise ratio; orthogonal polarization; polarization-maintaining fiber; pump variations; short-cavity laser; silica fiber laser; single-mode lasing; stable laser output; wavelength spacing; ytterbium-doped fiber laser; Birefringence; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser stability; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Power generation; Samarium; Signal to noise ratio; Silicon compounds; Optical fiber lasers; laser modes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.891200

Filename

4079671