Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 11, Issue 12, 120603(2013)
Dual-wavelength fiber grating laser in linear overlapping cavity
We report a switchable dual-wavelength fiber grating laser in linear overlapping cavity. The laser features two overlapping cavities sharing a single Yb-doped gain medium fiber and two sets of fiber Bragg gratings. A coiling fiber setup is inserted into the 1035 nm laser cavity. Given that the bending loss is inversely related to the bending radius, the cavity loss of 1035-nm can be modulated. Modulating the bending loss facilitates the switching of the fiber grating laser to a single-or dual-wavelength output at 1030 or 1035 nm and convenient tuning of the power ratio of the two wavelengths. An approximately 152.6-mW output power and up to 38-dB polarization extinction ratio are observed. The simultaneous lasing at 1030 and 1035 nm is a qualified seeder source for amplification to high power scale and can be applied to difference frequency generation of a terahertz signal. This dual-wavelength fiber grating laser is a potential pump source for generating terahertz radiation using a novel approach.
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Yaqian Ding, Yunfeng Qi, Yuan Liu, Fuyang Jia, Kejia Wang, Xijia Gu, Jun Zhou, "Dual-wavelength fiber grating laser in linear overlapping cavity," Chin. Opt. Lett. 11, 120603 (2013)
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Received: Sep. 1, 2013
Accepted: Nov. 5, 2013
Published Online: Dec. 13, 2013
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