All-fiber coherent combining of Er-doped fiber amplifiers by active resonantly-induced refractive index control in Yb-doped fiber

Author

Fotiadi, Andrei A. ; Zakharov, Nikita G. ; Antipov, Oleg L. ; Megret, Patrice

Author_Institution

Service d´´Electromagn. et de Telecommun., Fac. Polytech. de Mons, Mons

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report on all-fiber coherent combining of 1.55 mum Er-doped single mode amplifiers achieved by means of active phase control that specifically employs the refractive index changes in Yb-doped fiber induced by 980 nm laser diode.

Keywords

erbium; laser beams; laser modes; light coherence; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibres; refractive index; ytterbium; Er-doped fiber amplifiers; JkJk:Er; JkJk:Yb; Yb-doped fiber; active phase control; all-fiber coherent combining; laser diode; resonantly-induced refractive index control; single mode amplifiers; wavelength 1.55 mum; wavelength 980 nm; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Phase control; Refractive index; Resonance; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (190.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572076