Single-frequency fiber Fabry-Perot micro lasers

Details Single-frequency fiber Fabry-Perot micro lasers Single-frequency fiber Fabry-Perot micro lasers

1994-02-24

1995-06-13

Gonzalez, Frank

Coherent light generators

Optical fiber laser

372 99, 385 49, 385 64, 385 73, 385 75, H01S 330

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ABSTRACT:
Compact, fixed-wavelength and tunable fiber optic lasers combine a sub-millimeter length of high-gain rare-earth-doped, sensitized glass fiber within a fiber Fabry-Perot (FFP) cavity. Tunable, single-frequency fiber lasers at 1535 nm employing high-gain erbium:ytterbium phosphate glass fiber are specifically provided. Single-frequency and/or single-polarization mode erbium:ytterbium glass fiber lasers, having cavity lengths less than about 200 .mu.m with continuous wavelength tuning range over several nanometers are provided. Amplified single-frequency lasers incorporating fiber rare-earth ion optical amplifiers are also provided. Single-frequency lasing employing sub-millimeter lengths of rare-earth doped sensitized fiber in a 3 mirror laser design is also demonstrated.

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