Title :
Erbium-doped superfluorescent fibre source with long period fibre grating wavelength stabilisation
Author :
Patrick, H.J. ; Kersey, A.D. ; Burns, W.K. ; Moeller, R.P.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Opt. Sci., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC
fDate :
11/20/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors have reduced the temperature dependence of the mean wavelength of an erbium-doped superfluorescent fibre source to below 0.08 pm/°C (0.05 ppm/°C) using a long period fibre grating. This is greater than a 100-fold improvement on the 9.6 pm/°C (6.2 ppm/°C) intrinsic temperature dependence of the source
Keywords :
compensation; diffraction gratings; erbium; fibre optic sensors; gyroscopes; light sources; stability; superradiance; Er-doped superfluorescent fibre source; fibre optic gyroscopes; grating wavelength stabilisation; long period fibre grating; temperature dependence reduction;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19971376
