Title :
Tunable, single-frequency, erbium fiber ring lasers
Author :
Vahala, Kerry J. ; Park, Namkyoo ; Dawson, Jay ; Sanders, Steve
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Tuning range, side-mode suppression, line width, and intensity noise are reviewed for an all-fiber erbium ring laser. Active stabilization to an external fiber Fabry-Perot resonator is demonstrated
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; laser modes; laser noise; laser tuning; ring lasers; spectral line breadth; active stabilization; all-fiber erbium ring laser; external fiber Fabry-Perot resonator; intensity noise; line width; side-mode suppression; tunable single-frequency erbium fiber ring lasers; tuning range; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fabry-Perot; Laser noise; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical fiber devices; Ring lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379387
