Tunable Dual-Wavelength Fiber Laser Based on a Polarization-Maintaining Fiber Bragg Grating and a Hi-Bi Fiber Optical Loop Mirror¹
We demonstrate experimentally the operation of a linear cavity dual-wavelength fiber laser using a polarization maintaining fiber Bragg grating (PM-FBG) as an end mirror that defines two closely spaced laser emission lines. The PM-FBG is also used to tune the laser wavelengths. The total tuning rang...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica |
| Repository: | Repositorio Institucional del INAOE |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1009/1641 |
| Online Access: | http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/1641 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Tunable dual-wavelength info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Fiber Bragg grating info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1 info:eu-repo/classification/cti/22 info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2209 |
| Summary: | We demonstrate experimentally the operation of a linear cavity dual-wavelength fiber laser using a polarization maintaining fiber Bragg grating (PM-FBG) as an end mirror that defines two closely spaced laser emission lines. The PM-FBG is also used to tune the laser wavelengths. The total tuning range is ~8 nm. The laser operates in a stable dual-wavelength mode for an appropriate adjustment of the cavity losses for the generated wavelengths. The high birefringence (Hi-Bi) fiber optical loop mirror (FOLM) is used as a tunable spectral filter to adjust the losses. The FOLM adjustment was performed by the temperature control of the Hi-Bi fiber. |
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