• DocumentCode
    2983943
  • Title

    Dominant causes of linewidth in DFB fiber lasers

  • Author

    Horak, P. ; Voo, N.Y. ; Ibsen, M. ; Loh, W.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1566
  • Abstract
    We present experimental arid theoretical results on the linewidth of an Er-Yb doped DFB fiber laser. Recently observed dependencies on pump configuration and power are explained by pump noise induced temperature fluctuations.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; erbium; fibre lasers; fluctuations; optical noise; optical pumping; spectral line breadth; ytterbium; DFB fiber lasers; Er-Yb doped fiber laser; laser linewidth; pump configuration; pump noise; temperature fluctuations; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Fluctuations; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical fiber devices; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202200
  • Filename
    1573266