Single linearly polarized, widely and freely tunable two wavelengths Yb3+-doped fiber laser

We report a novel single linearly polarized, widely, freely and continuously tunable two wavelengths Y-b(3+)-doped fiber laser. The laser generates stable arbitrary two wavelengths output between 1003.1 and 1080.7 nm peak wavelengths simultaneously with a 346.0 mW CW power by using polarization beam splitting (PBS) for separation of two wavelengths. Each lasing line shows a single polarization with a polarization extinction ratio of >20 dB under different pump levels. The central and the interval of the two wavelengths can be tuned smoothly and independently in the entire gain region of >70 nm of PM Y-b(3+)-doped single mode fiber. Strongly enhanced polarization-hole burning (PHB) phenomena in polarization maintain (PM) Y-b(3+)-doped fiber was observed in the tunable two wavelengths Y-b(3+)-doped fiber laser. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.