Wide wavelength-tuning of a double-clad Yb3+-doped fiber laser based on a fiber Bragg grating array

We report wide wavelength tuning in a double‐clad ytterbium‐doped fiber laser. The laser cavity consists of an array of broadband high‐reflection fiber Bragg gratings and a bulk grating as output coupler and wavelength selection element. The proposed fiber laser configuration combines low intra‐cavi...

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Published in:Laser physics letters 2007-12, Vol.4 (12), p.880-883
Main Authors: Alvarez-Chavez, J.A., Martínez-Rios, A., Torres-Gomez, I., Offerhaus, H.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
bulk grating
double-clad
fiber Bragg grating
tunable fiber lasers
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Summary:We report wide wavelength tuning in a double‐clad ytterbium‐doped fiber laser. The laser cavity consists of an array of broadband high‐reflection fiber Bragg gratings and a bulk grating as output coupler and wavelength selection element. The proposed fiber laser configuration combines low intra‐cavity loss of fiber Bragg grating mirrors with wide wavelength tuning of bulk gratings.We demonstrate >70 nm wavelength tuning range, limited only by the available fiber Bragg gratings. (© 2007 by Astro Ltd., Published exclusively by WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA)
ISSN:1612-2011
1612-202X
DOI:10.1002/lapl.200710065