Meng, Z. and Stewart, G. and Whitenett, G.L. (2006) Stable single-mode operation of a narrow-linewidth, linear polarization erbium fibre ring laser using a saturable absorber. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 24 (5). pp. 2179-2183. ISSN 0733-8724
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This paper describes the design and operation of a stable narrow-linewidth linearly polarized fiber ring laser using a polarization-maintaining (PM) erbium-doped fiber as a saturable absorber. The effect of the PM fiber on suppressing mode hopping is experimentally demonstrated and optimum conditions for single-mode operation are identified. Laser output power is ∼ 4.7 mW at 1535 nm for a pump power of 94 mW, the polarization extinction ratio is 24.8 dB, the SNR is larger than 45 dB, the relative intensity noise is below −104 dB/Hz at frequencies above 150 kHz, and the linewidth is less than 1.5 kHz. Potential applications of the fiber laser for interferometric or spectroscopic fiber sensors are briefly discussed.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 3602 |
| Keywords: | fiber ring laser, linearly polarized laser, optical fiber sensors, saturable absorber, single-mode (SM) laser., Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Subjects: | Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering Unknown Department |
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| Depositing user: | Strathprints Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2007 |
| Last modified: | 04 Oct 2012 11:58 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/3602 |
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