Spectrum‑Narrowing Technique for Fiber Laser Using Nonlinear Phase Demodulation

Yike Ren; Hui Shen; He Wang; Wei Xie; Yifeng Yang; Yunfeng Qi

doi:10.3788/CJL240446

Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 51, Issue 22, 2206004(2024)

Spectrum‑Narrowing Technique for Fiber Laser Using Nonlinear Phase Demodulation

Yike Ren^1,2, Hui Shen^2、*, He Wang^1,2, Wei Xie³, Yifeng Yang², and Yunfeng Qi^2、**

¹Shanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid State Laser and Application Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, Engineering Research Center of Optical Instruments and Systems, Ministry of Education, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China

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Paper Information

Category: Fiber optics and optical communication

Received: Jan. 3, 2024

Accepted: Mar. 6, 2024

Published Online: Nov. 15, 2024

The Author Email: Shen Hui (nature0546@163.com), Qi Yunfeng (dreamer_7@siom.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/CJL240446

CSTR:32183.14.CJL240446

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