Tunable and switchable fiber laser based on modal interference

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (09) ◽  
pp. 1550033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Ma ◽  
Jiang Sun ◽  
Yanhui Qi ◽  
Zexin Kang ◽  
Shuisheng Jian
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Polarization Controller ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
The Core ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Modal Interference ◽  
Polarization Maintaining Fiber ◽  
Polarization Maintaining ◽  
Noise Ratio

A tunable and switchable erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser based on modal interference has been proposed and experimentally demonstrated in this paper. Here a core-offset structure has been used to excite the cladding modes and a segment of polarization maintaining fiber inserted in a Sagnac loop interferometer has been used as wavelength selective component. By adjusting the statement of polarization controller (PC) and the bending of the core-offset structure, a tunable and switchable fiber laser with the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of more than 50 dB has been achieved in this paper.

scholarly journals HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO Q-SWITCHING ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER PULSE EMISSION UTILIZING SINGLE LAYER TRIVIAL TRANSFER GRAPHENE FILM SATURABLE ABSORBER

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Y. Lau ◽  
A. A. Latif ◽  
M. H. Abu Bakar ◽  
M. A. Mahdi
Keyword(s):  
Laser Pulse ◽  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Saturable Absorber ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
High Signal ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Pulse Emission ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Noise Ratio

This paper presents the high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser pulse emission using a commercial single layer graphene (SLG) film as a saturable absorber (SA). A sandwiched-type structure with transferred single layer SLG film between two fiber ferrules is formed to function as the SA. Q-switched pulse emission with repetition rate from 47.25 kHz to 67.39 kHz and round-trip time per oscillation from 7.42 µs to 10.36 µs are obtained from the laser cavity set-up. The SNR of 62.64 dB shows a good quality of pulse generation using the SLG film as SA. The effortless production of SLG is enabling factor to produce fast fabrication and low cost SA for application in Q-switched pulsed fiber lasers.  

scholarly journals Graphene slurry based passive Q-switcher in erbium doped fiber laser

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Nur Fatin Zuikafly ◽  
Nor Farhah Razak ◽  
Rizuan Mohd Rosnan ◽  
Sulaiman Wadi Harun ◽  
Fauzan Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Pump Power ◽  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Peak Power ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Pulsed Laser ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Maximum Pulse Energy ◽  
Erbium Doped

In this work, a Graphene slurry based passive Q-switcher fabricated from Graphene-Polylactic acid (PLA) filament which is used for 3D printing. To produce the Graphene slurry, the diameter of the filament was reduced and Tetrahydrofuran (THF) was used to dissolve the PLA. The Graphene-THF suspension was drop cast to the end of a fiber ferrule and the THF then evaporated to develop Graphene slurry based SA which is integrated in fiber laser cavity. At threshold input pump power of 30.45 mW, a Q-switched Erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) can be observed with the wavelength centered at 1531.01 nm and this remained stable up to a pump power of 179.5 mW. As the pump power was increased gradually, an increase in the repetition rates was recorded from 42 kHz to 125 kHz, while the pulse width was reduced to 2.58 μs from 6.74 μs. The Q-switched laser yielded a maximum pulse energy and peak power of 11.68 nJ and 4.16 mW, respectively. The proposed Graphene slurry based saturable absorber also produced a signal-to-noise ratio of 44 dB indicating a stable Q-switched pulsed laser.

Single-Polarization, Single-Longitudinal-Mode Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Based on Twisting of Polarization-Maintaining Fiber Bragg Gratings

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 0102002 ◽  
Author(s):  
冯素春 Feng Suchun ◽  
彭健 Peng Jian ◽  
彭万敬 Peng Wanjing ◽  
范依依 Fan Yiyi ◽  
谢倩 Xie Qian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Fiber Bragg Gratings ◽  
Longitudinal Mode ◽  
Bragg Gratings ◽  
Single Longitudinal Mode ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Polarization Maintaining Fiber ◽  
Polarization Maintaining ◽  
Single Polarization
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