• DocumentCode
    1311630
  • Title

    Travelling-wave erbium fibre ring laser with 60 kHz linewidth

  • Author

    Morkel, Paul R ; Cowle, Gregory J ; Payne, David N.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Sci., Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    5/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    632
  • Lastpage
    634
  • Abstract
    Operation of an erbium-doped-phospho-alumino-silicate-fibre ring laser in a unidirectional travelling-wave configuration enables narrow linewidth, single frequency emission to be obtained at a wavelength of 1.555 mu m. A 60 kHz linewidth has been measured.
  • Keywords
    aluminosilicate glasses; erbium; laser modes; laser transitions; optical fibres; phosphosilicate glasses; solid lasers; spectral line breadth; 1.555 micron; Er-doped optical fibre; P 2O 5-Al 2O 3-SiO 2:Er 3+; fibre ring laser; narrow linewidth; single frequency emission; single longitudinal mode; solid laser; unidirectional travelling-wave configuration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19900414
  • Filename
    82758