Fiber laser using a microsphere resonator as a feedback element

被引：70
作者：
Kieu, Khanh [1 ]
Mansuripur, Masud [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Arizona, Coll Opt Sci, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2007年 / 32卷 / 03期
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D O I：
10.1364/OL.32.000244
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We show that a glass microsphere resonator can be used as a wavelength-selective mirror in fiber lasers. Due to their high quality factor (Q similar to 10(8)), microsphere resonators possess a narrow reflection bandwidth. This feature enables construction of single-frequency fiber lasers even when the laser cavity is long. Nonlinear effects (such as stimulated Raman lasing) were also observed in our setup at relatively low pump powers. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.
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