Efficient and tunable Er/Yb fiber grating lasers

被引:18
作者
Hsu, K [1 ]
Loh, WH [1 ]
Dong, L [1 ]
Miller, CM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SOUTHAMPTON,OPTOELECT RES CTR,SOUTHAMPTON SO17 1BJ,HANTS,ENGLAND
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
fiber grating; fiber laser; single frequency; tunable laser;
D O I
10.1109/50.618376
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
Efficient and tunable single-frequency fiber Bragg grating (FBG) lasers are demonstrated using a novel photosensitive Er/Yb fiber design. Both sub-mW threshold pump power, and high slope efficiencies of similar to 31% at 1536 nm and similar to 26.1% at 1562 nm were achieved. Wavelength tuning could be obtained over 11 and 25 nm in 1535 and 1550 nm wavelength regions, respectively, by cavity-length tuning.
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页码:1438 / 1441
页数:4
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