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Appl Opt. 2014 Jun 20;53(18):3848-53. doi: 10.1364/AO.53.003848.

Short monolithic dual-wavelength single-longitudinal-mode DBR phosphate fiber laser.

Applied optics

Lingyun Xiong, Peter Hofmann, Axel Schülzgen, N Peyghambarian, Jacques Albert

PMID: 24979414 DOI: 10.1364/AO.53.003848

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a 5-cm-long monolithic dual-wavelength single-longitudinal mode distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) all-phosphate fiber laser. Strong UV-induced fiber Bragg gratings are directly written in highly Er/Yb codoped phosphate fiber. The separation between gratings is selected as 1 cm to only excite two longitudinal modes in the DBR cavity. By exploiting the spatial hole burning effect and the polarization hole burning effect, stable narrow-linewidth dual-wavelength lasing emission with 38 pm wavelength spacing and a total emitted power of 2.8 mW is obtained from this DBR fiber laser. A microwave signal at 4.58 GHz is generated by the heterodyne detection of the dual-wavelength laser.

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