Fibre-grating-stabilized diode laser

Details Fibre-grating-stabilized diode laser Fibre-grating-stabilized diode laser

1997-12-16

2000-03-28

Bovernick, Rodney

Coherent light generators

Optical fiber laser

372 29, 372 96, 372102, 372108, 385 10, 385 37, H01S 310

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ABSTRACT:
A fiber Bragg grating is used to stabilize the intensity and frequency fluctuations of a diode laser. The diode laser is connected with an opto-mechanical apparatus to the fiber which contains the grating. The grating is formed in the guided-mode region of the optical fiber. The wavelength of maximum grating reflectivity is selected to lie near the maximum of the diode laser gain bandwidth. The magnitude and bandwidth of the grating reflectivity stabilizes the diode laser output without appreciably reducing the optical output power from the end of the fiber. The bandwidth of the optical spectrum of the diode laser is selected depending on the distance of the grating from the diode laser.

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