Title :
Ytterbium doped tunable fiber lasers with near single frequency operation
Author :
Liaw, S.K. ; Yu, Y.L. ; Hsu, W.C. ; Shih, M.H. ; Chen, N.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
A 1060 nm band Ytterbium doped fiber (YDF) laser is proposed and investigated. Using 70 cm YDF and FBG parameter optimization reflectivity and pumping scheme, a high slope efficiency of 50% and low threshold power are obtained. The power variation is less than 0.1 dB in 13 nm tuning span. Using multiple subring cavities as the mode filter, known as Vernier effect, near single frequency lasing is realized for a 13 nm tuning range in 1060 nm band with 2 dBm output power.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; fibre lasers; optical fibre filters; optical pumping; ytterbium; FBG parameter optimization; Vernier effect; YDF laser; YDF parameter optimization; mode filter; multiple subring cavity; pumping scheme; reflectivity scheme; single frequency operation; wavelength 1060 nm; ytterbium doped tunable fiber lasers; Cavity resonators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Ytterbium doped fiber laser; single longitudinal mode; tunable fiber laser;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Infocomm Technology (ICAIT), 2013 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hsinchu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0464-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICAIT.2013.6621515
