NARROW-LINEWIDTH OPERATION OF AN ERBIUM FIBER LASER CONTAINING A CHIRPED BRAGG GRATING ETALON

Authors
FORSTER RJ LANGFORD N GLOAG A ZHANG L WILLIAMS JAR BENNION I
Citation
Rj. Forster et al., NARROW-LINEWIDTH OPERATION OF AN ERBIUM FIBER LASER CONTAINING A CHIRPED BRAGG GRATING ETALON, Journal of lightwave technology, 15(11), 1997, pp. 2130-2136
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of lightwave technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07338724
Volume
15
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2130 - 2136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0733-8724(1997)15:11<2130:NOOAEF>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A numerical model is presented which shows that a control signal suita ble for preventing longitudinal mode hops can be derived by sensing ch anges in the polarization state of the light reflected from an intraca vity 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 res olution limited linewidths of 170 kHz.