Widely Tunable Narrow-Linewidth Large Mode Area Er³+/Yb³+ Codoped Double-Clad Fiber Laser

Author

Wu, Zhuoliang ; Zhao, Shanghong ; Chu, Xingchun ; Zhan, Shengbao ; Zhang, Di

Author_Institution

Telecommun. Eng. Inst., Air Force Eng. Univ., Xi´´an, China

fYear

2010

fDate

19-21 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A widely tunable narrow-linewidth large mode area (LMA) Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ codoped double-clad fiber laser is demonstrated. By using a blazed grating as wavelength selection element, the laser was tunable over a range of 38.16 nm from 1531.98 nm to 1570.14 nm, covering nearly the whole fluorescence spectrum. The laser linewidth was less than 0.08 nm for all tuned wavelengths. The maximum output power was 650 mW at 1543.444 nm, with a slope efficiency of 28%.

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; optical fibre cladding; ytterbium; Er3+/Yb3+ codoped; blazed grating; double clad fiber laser; maximum output power; power 650 mW; wavelength 1531.98 nm to 1570.14 nm; wavelength 1543.444 nm; wavelength 38.16 nm; wavelength selection element; whole fluorescence spectrum; widely tunable narrow-linewidth large mode area; Bragg gratings; Diffraction gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber sensors; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics and Optoelectronic (SOPO), 2010 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4963-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4964-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOPO.2010.5504297

Filename

5504297