Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 39, Issue 9, 902005(2012)
Short Linear Cavity Single-Frequency Fiber Laser with Active Frequency Stabilization by Fiber Bragg Grating
A short-linear-cavity all-fiber laser configured with 1.8 cm Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped phosphate glass fiber is demonstrated experimentally with single frequency and high frequency stabilization. The fiber laser is composed of a high-reflectivity fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and a polarization-maintaining FBG. The pump is from a semiconducter laser of single mode at 976 nm. When the pump power into the cavity is 360 mW, the output power of the laser reaches more than 65 mW; the signal-to-noise ratio is higher than 70 dB; the laser linewidth is about 3 kHz and the polarization extinction ratio is about 40 dB. Moreover, the length of the active fiber is tuned by a piezoelectric transducer (PZT), and the laser frequency tunable slope is 14.2 MHz/V. Then the laser frequency is stabilized on FBG by using side frequency locking method. The long term frequency fluctuation is reduced from 25 MHz/10 s to 2.5 MHz/h.
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Yang Fei, Chen Dijun, Pan Zhengqing, Ye Qing, Cai Haiwen, Qu Ronghui, Gong Shangqing. Short Linear Cavity Single-Frequency Fiber Laser with Active Frequency Stabilization by Fiber Bragg Grating[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2012, 39(9): 902005
Category: Laser physics
Received: Apr. 19, 2012
Accepted: --
Published Online: Aug. 3, 2012
The Author Email: Fei Yang (eaglefy@yahoo.com.cn)