DocumentCode
1341183
Title
Characteristics comparison of Er-doped double-pass superfluorescent fiber sources pumped near 980 nm
Author
Wang, L.A. ; Chen, C.D.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Volume
9
Issue
4
fYear
1997
fDate
4/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
446
Lastpage
448
Abstract
The Er-doped superfluorescent fiber sources (SFS´s) pumped near 980 mm in double-pass forward and backward configurations are compared for the first time. The results indicate that a double-pass backward SFS is superior to the forward counterpart in many aspects: higher output power at various lengths of erbium-doped fiber, better pump-power dependent mean wavelength stability, and larger linewidths at various fiber mirror reflectance.
Keywords
erbium; fibre lasers; infrared sources; laser frequency stability; optical pumping; spectral line breadth; superradiance; 980 nm; Er-doped double-pass superfluorescent fiber sources; SFS; characteristics comparison; double-pass backward configuration; double-pass forward configuration; fiber lengths; fiber mirror reflectance; linewidths; output power; pump-power dependent mean wavelength stability; Fluorescence; Forward contracts; Mirrors; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Power generation; Reflectivity; Stability; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.559383
Filename
559383
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