Narrow linewidth operation of an erbium fiber laser containing a chirped Bragg grating etalon

R.J. Foster; N. Langford; A. Gloag; L. Zhang; J. A.R. Williams; I. Bennion

doi:10.1109/50.641533

Narrow linewidth operation of an erbium fiber laser containing a chirped Bragg grating etalon

R.J. Foster, N. Langford, A. Gloag, L. Zhang, J. A.R. Williams, I. Bennion

Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT)

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Abstract

A numerical model is presented which shows that a control signal suitable for preventing longitudinal mode hops can be derived by sensing changes in the polarization state of the light reflected from an intracavity etalon. This is verified experimentally by including a continuous fiber etalon formed from chirped Bragg reflectors in a unidirectional erbium ring fiber laser. Mode hop free operation is observed with resolution limited linewidths of 170 kHz.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2130-2136
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	15
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/50.641533
Publication status	Published - Nov 1997

Keywords

frequency control
gratings
laser resonators
optical fiber lasers
optical fiber polarization

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