FIBER-BIREFRINGENCE TUNING TECHNIQUE FOR AN ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER RING LASER

被引：28

作者：

HUMPHREY, PD

BOWERS, JE

机构：

[1] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara

来源：

IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 1993年 / 5卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1109/68.185051

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

A new method of tuning fiber lasers is described and demonstrated. The state of polarization in the fiber is controlled using the strain-induced birefringence of several fiber coils. The fiber laser was tuned over a 33-nm tuning range by rotating a single fiber-coil halfwave plate.

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页码：32 / 34

页数：3

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