Continuously tunable single-frequency erbium ring fiber laser

Journal Article · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996 · Journal of the Optical Society of America, Part B: Optical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.13.000921· OSTI ID:286551

Gloag, A; Langford, N ^[1]; McCallion, K; Johnstone, W ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 ONG (United Kingdom)
2. Optoelectronics Section, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 ONG (United Kingdom)

We report on a frequency-stabilized narrow-linewidth continuous-fiber erbium-doped ring fiber laser in which the operating wavelength is defined by an overlay filter. The oscillating frequency is stabilized by a side-of-fringe locking technique, and longitudinal mode hops are inhibited by phase-sensitive detection of the signal rejected from an intracavity all-fiber {acute e}talon. With this frequency-stabilization scheme resolution-limited linewidths of 68 kHz with a root mean square frequency jitter of 10 kHz are measured. The oscillating frequency is continuously tunable over 3 GHz. {copyright} {ital 1996 Optical Society of America.}

• OSTI ID: 286551
• Journal Information: Journal of the Optical Society of America, Part B: Optical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of the Optical Society of America, Part B: Optical Physics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 13; ISSN JOBPDE; ISSN 0740-3224
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
DESIGN
LINE WIDTHS
NEAR INFRARED RADIATION
PERFORMANCE
RING LASERS
STABILITY
TUNING