EFFICIENT DIODE-PUMPED SINGLE-FREQUENCY ERBIUM-YTTERBIUM FIBER LASER

被引:64
作者
KRINGLEBOTN, JT
MORKEL, PR
REEKIE, L
ARCHAMBAULT, JL
PAYNE, DN
机构
[1] Optoelectronics Research Centre., University of Southampton, Hampshire
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10.1109/68.248414
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We report a 7.6-mW single-frequency fiber laser operating at 1545 nm, using for the first time an Er3+:Yb3+ doped fiber and a fiber grating output coupler. The laser did not exhibit self-pulsation, which is a typical problem in short three-level fiber lasers, and had a relative intensity noise (RIN) level below -145.5 dB/Hz at frequencies above 10 MHz. The linewidth of the laser was limited by the relaxation oscillation sidebands in the optical spectrum and was typically less than 1 MHz.
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