High-power single-longitudinal-mode fiber laser employing two Sagnac loop filters

Xiaoxuan Yang; Li Zhan; Yuxing Xia

doi:10.1117/1.2938835

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1 June 2008 High-power single-longitudinal-mode fiber laser employing two Sagnac loop filters

Xiaoxuan Yang, Li Zhan, Yuxing Xia

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Optical Engineering, 47(6), 065001 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2938835

Abstract

We have demonstrated a simple method to achieve a high-power single-longitudinal-mode all-fiber ring laser by employing two Sagnac loop filters. In the ring cavity, a high-birefringence Sagnac loop filter is incorporated to limit the affiliated longitudinal modes, and another Sagnac loop filter with unpumped erbium-doped fiber serves as a saturable absorber to ensure single-longitudinal-mode operation. Using such a simple configuration, a single-longitudinal-mode fiber laser with scalable output power of 360 mW has been demonstrated.

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Xiaoxuan Yang, Li Zhan, and Yuxing Xia "High-power single-longitudinal-mode fiber laser employing two Sagnac loop filters," Optical Engineering 47(6), 065001 (1 June 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2938835

Published: 1 June 2008

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