Frequency control of a single-frequency fiber laser by cooperatively induced spatial-hole burning

Author

Kishi, Naoto ; Yazaki, Tomonori

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

11

Issue

2

fYear

1999

Firstpage

182

Lastpage

184

Abstract

A simple frequency control method of a single-frequency fiber laser is proposed and demonstrated. The mechanism of the frequency control arises from cooperatively induced spatial-hole burning (SHB) in a saturable absorber in the laser cavity. The SHB is formed by an external frequency-stabilized light source and the lasing light. Consequently, the lasing frequency can be tuned to the external light frequency. Moreover, narrow-linewidth operation is possible even when an external-source with a broad-linewidth is employed.

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; frequency control; laser frequency stability; laser tuning; optical hole burning; optical saturable absorption; ring lasers; spectral line breadth; broad-linewidth; cooperatively induced spatial-hole burning; external frequency-stabilized light source; external light frequency; external-source; frequency control; laser cavity; lasing frequency tuning; lasing light; narrow-linewidth operation; ring lasers; saturable absorber; single-frequency fiber laser; Absorption; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency control; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Light sources; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.740697

Filename

740697