Title :
A stable narrow linewidth Q-switched Er-doped fibre laser
Author :
Kee, H.H. ; Lees, G.P. ; Newson, T.P.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Compact sources with high peak powers and short pulsewidths are required for applications such as distributed sensing and laser range finding. Previously reported Q-switched erbium-doped fibre lasers consisting of Fabry-Perot or ring cavities are suitable for many applications in the operation wavelength around 1550 nm, but for distributed strain sensing based on spontaneous Brillouin scattering, a stable ultra-narrow linewidth pulsed source with sufficient peak powers is required to resolve the spectral information of the Brillouin signals.
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; 1550 nm; distributed strain sensing; high peak powers; short pulsewidths; spontaneous Brillouin scattering; stable narrow linewidth Q-switched Er-doped fibre laser; Brillouin scattering; Capacitive sensors; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; Laser stability; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Ring lasers; Signal resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834139
