Polarization-modulated random fiber laser

被引:26
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作者
Wu, Han [1 ]
Wang, Zinan [1 ]
He, Qiheng [1 ]
Fan, Mengqiu [1 ]
Li, Yunqi [2 ]
Sun, Wei [1 ]
Zhang, Li [1 ]
Li, Yi [1 ]
Rao, Yunjiang [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Elect Sci & Technol China, Key Lab Opt Fiber Sensing & Commun, Chengdu 611731, Sichuan, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Rochester, Inst Opt, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
关键词
random laser; Raman laser; random distributed feedback laser; AMPLIFICATION; GENERATION;
D O I
10.1088/1612-2011/13/5/055101
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
In this letter, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a polarization-modulated random fiber laser (RFL) for the first time. It is found that the output power of the half-opened RFL with polarized pumping is sensitive to the state of polarization (SOP) of the Stokes light in a fiber loop acting as a mirror. By inserting a polarization switch (PSW) in the loop mirror, the state of the random lasing can be switched between on/off states, thus such a polarization-modulated RFL can generate pulsed output with high extinction ratio.
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