Title :
Fiber pump-delivery system for spectral narrowing and wavelength stabilization of broad-area lasers
Author :
Leidner, Jordan P. ; Marciante, John R.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
Off-axis far-field coupling of a broad-area laser to a single-mode fiber containing a fiber Bragg grating is used for spatio-spectral filtering. This results in a ~10x narrower spectral width and potential spatial brightness improvements.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; brightness; laser cavity resonators; laser stability; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre filters; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; spectral line narrowing; broad-area lasers; fiber Bragg grating; fiber pump-delivery system; off-axis far-field coupling; single-mode fiber; spatial brightness improvements; spatio-spectral filtering; spectral width narrowing; wavelength stabilization; Brightness; Cavity resonators; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
