DocumentCode
1072646
Title
Polarization extinction ratio impact on spectral stability of Bragg grating stabilized laser diodes
Author
Davis, Monica K. ; Echavarria, Alina ; Loeber, David A S
Author_Institution
Corning Lasertron, Bedford, MA, USA
Volume
16
Issue
9
fYear
2004
Firstpage
2003
Lastpage
2005
Abstract
We demonstrate that polarization extinction ratio (PER) affects the spectral instability of 980-nm band fiber Bragg grating stabilized pump lasers using a polarization-maintaining fiber pigtail. Enhanced spectral stability better than 0.01 nm is demonstrated in devices with superior PER.
Keywords
Bragg gratings; laser stability; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; 980 nm; Bragg grating stabilized laser diodes; fiber Bragg grating; polarization extinction ratio; polarization-maintaining fiber pigtail; pump lasers; spectral stability; Bragg gratings; Diode lasers; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Extinction ratio; Fiber gratings; Laser stability; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2004.833058
Filename
1325213
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