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Title: Fiber-birefringence tuning technique for an erbium-doped fiber ring laser

Journal Article · · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/68.185051· OSTI ID:5949527
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  1. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

A new method of tuning fiber lasers is described and demonstrated. The state of polarization in the fiber is controlled using the strain-induced birefringence of several fiber coils. The fiber laser was tuned over a 33-nm tuning range by rotating a single fiber-coil halfwave plate.

OSTI ID:
5949527
Journal Information:
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 5:1; ISSN 1041-1135
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English