Title :
Low Noise High Power Ultra-Stable SS Laser for 1550nm Wavelength Band
Author :
Watkins, L.S. ; Ghosh, C. ; Gandham, R. ; Leffler, S. ; VanLeeuwen, R. ; Wang, Q. ; Xu, B.
Author_Institution :
Princeton Optronics, Mercerville, NJ
Abstract :
The authors have developed a tunable laser technology based on optical pumping of Yb and Er doped high phosphate glass (Laporta, 2001). Er doped glass is widely used for fiber amplifiers in the 1550nm wavelengths. High phosphate glass permits very high doping of Yb and Er so that small cavity length solid-state lasers can be built. Methods for tuning these lasers include rotating glass etalon and tunable Bragg fiber. We have developed a tunable laser using piezoelectric moveable mirror for mode selection and cavity tuning. The properties of these lasers are high SMSR and low RIN
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; doping; erbium; laser mirrors; laser tuning; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; phosphate glasses; piezoelectric materials; ytterbium; 1550 nm; Er doped high phosphate glass; Yb doped high phosphate glass; fiber amplifiers; high power ultra-stable SS laser; low noise lasers; optical pumping; piezoelectric moveable mirror; rotating glass etalon; solid-state lasers; tunable Bragg fiber; tunable laser technology; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics Fiber-Optics and Photonics, 2006. IEEE Conference
Conference_Location :
Annapolis, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0408-8
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2006.1707498
