Stable single longitudinal mode fiber ring laser based on polarization maintaining erbium doped fiber
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- 作者：Tiegang Sun ; Yubin Guo ; guo-yb@163.com" class="auth_mail ; Jiayu Huo ; Dongxue Hu
- 关键词：Fiber ring laser ; Single longitudinal mode ; Polarization maintaining erbium doped fiber ; Optical intensity spectrum
- 刊名：Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics
- 出版年：June 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：125
- 期：11
- 页码：2487-2490
- 全文大小：1061 K
文摘
A stable single longitudinal mode (SLM) fiber ring laser that incorporates polarization maintaining erbium doped fiber (PM EDF) acting as gain medium and saturable absorber is proposed and demonstrated. Both theoretical deviation and experimental result prove that optical intensity is time invariant when the laser operates in single longitudinal mode, the SLM operation can be approximately verified by optical intensity analysis, which is practical to analyze longitudinal mode in the application of engineering. The linewidth of the fiber ring laser is measured by the delayed self-heterodyne interferometery, and an acousto-optic frequency shifter is employed to shift the lasing frequency and eliminate zero frequency interfere. The SLM operation is verified by the scanning Fabry–Perot interferometer, whereas the lasing frequency drift slowly during a period of 2 h, PM EDF is proved to be effective on suppressing mode hopping and selecting longitudinal mode.