Title :
Broad-band injection seeding of an erbium-doped fiber ring laser
Author :
Mukhopadhyay, Chirantan ; Dragic, Peter D.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
fDate :
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We present a broad-band (40 MHz) injection-seeded erbium-doped fiber ring laser with a low finesse cavity. Broad-band operation is achieved by seeding an arbitrary number of longitudinal modes in this cavity. This fiber laser is advantageous because it has the potential to substantially suppress stimulated Brillouin scattering for lidar applications.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; ring lasers; 40 MHz; broadband injection seeding; broadband operation; erbium-doped fiber laser; lidar applications; longitudinal modes; low finesses cavity; ring laser; stimulated Brillouin scattering suppression; Brillouin scattering; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser radar; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Power amplifiers; Ring lasers; Erbium; injection-locked oscillators; optical fiber lasers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.847451
