Single-longitudinal-mode fiber ring lasers with a saturation-level-controlled saturable absorber
| Autor: | Hyo Geun Yun, Seoung Hun Lee, Min Hee Lee, Sang Hyun Choi, Kyong Hon Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Materials science
Laser diode business.industry Physics::Optics Ring laser Saturable absorption Laser Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials law.invention Longitudinal mode Wavelength Optics law Fiber laser Optical circulator Optoelectronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering Physical and Theoretical Chemistry business |
| Zdroj: | Optics Communications. 308:15-19 |
| ISSN: | 0030-4018 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.optcom.2013.06.008 |
| Popis: | Single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) operation characteristics of an erbium-doped fiber (EDF) ring laser with an EDF saturable absorber have been measured and compared under two different-wavelength control-pump cases. The main EDF ring cavity was pumped with a conventional 977-nm-wavelength gain-pump laser diode, the EDF saturable absorber section attached to the main cavity via an optical circulator was pumped with a control-pump-laser beam of either 980-nm or 1531.9-nm wavelength to deliver the ring-laser output of 1541.4-nm wavelength. Our experimental results indicate that the control-pump-laser beam in the 1530-nm-wavelength region provides higher output power and wider wavelength range of the SLM operation of the ring laser than that in the 980-nm-wavelength region does. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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