DocumentCode
855516
Title
Single-polarisation, single-frequency, 2 cm ytterbium-doped fibre laser
Author
Guan, W. ; Marciante, J.R.
Author_Institution
Lab. for Laser Energetics, Univ. of Rochester, NY
Volume
43
Issue
10
fYear
2007
Firstpage
558
Lastpage
559
Abstract
A single-polarisation, single-frequency, ytterbium-doped silica fibre laser has been demonstrated in a 2 cm linear cavity. The output power reaches 35 mW with an optical signal-to-noise ratio greater than 65 dB. A polarisation-maintaining fibre Bragg grating is used as the polarisation-dependent reflector to generate the single-polarisation output with the polarisation extinction ratio greater than 20 dB. The laser works stably for 2 h under laboratory conditions
Keywords
Bragg gratings; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre polarisation; ytterbium; 2 cm; 2 h; 35 mW; polarisation-dependent reflector; polarisation-maintaining fibre Bragg grating; silica fibre laser; single-frequency ytterbium-doped fibre laser; single-polarisation fibre laser;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20070162
Filename
4202048
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