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Tao Mengmeng, Tao Bo, Yu Ting, Wang Zhenbao, Feng Guobin, Ye Xisheng. Output characteristics of tunable Tm-doped fiber lasers[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2016, 45(12): 1205002-1205002(5). doi: 10.3788/IRLA201645.1205002
Citation: Tao Mengmeng, Tao Bo, Yu Ting, Wang Zhenbao, Feng Guobin, Ye Xisheng. Output characteristics of tunable Tm-doped fiber lasers[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2016, 45(12): 1205002-1205002(5). doi: 10.3788/IRLA201645.1205002
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Output characteristics of tunable Tm-doped fiber lasers

doi: 10.3788/IRLA201645.1205002
  • 1.

    State Key Laboratory of Laser Interaction with Matter,Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology,Xi'an 710024,China;

  • 2.

    Research Center of Space Laser Information Technology,Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 201800,China

  • Received Date: 2016-04-12
  • Rev Recd Date: 2016-05-15
  • Publish Date: 2016-12-25
  • A ring cavity Tm-doped fiber laser system was built based on a 1 550 nm fiber laser. And, its spectral chacteristics were investigated. With 1 550 nm pump, the spontaneous emission of the 1.6 m long Tm-doped fiber covered a spectral range from 1 800-1900 nm with a 3 dB bandwidth bigger than 60 nm. Inserting an isolator into the ring cavity, narrow linewidth output was obtained with a 3 dB linewidth smaller than 0.2 nm centering at around 1 900 nm. Further adding a tunable FP filter, tunable, narrow linewidth laser output was attained. The laser spectrum was tunable from 1 840-1 900 nm with a broad tunable range reaching 60 nm while maintaining a 3 dB linewidth of only 0.07 nm. In addition, a telecommunication FP filter at the 1 550 nm waveband was also exploited in this ring cavity laser system for wavelength tuning. And, a narrow linewidth, broadband tunable laser output in two seperated spectral ranges was also recorded. Together with the 2 000 nm FP laser system, this laser demonstrates a wide tunable range from 1 820-1 915 nm which is consistent with the spontaneous emission spectrum of the Tm-doped fiber.
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Output characteristics of tunable Tm-doped fiber lasers

doi: 10.3788/IRLA201645.1205002
  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Laser Interaction with Matter,Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology,Xi'an 710024,China;
  • 2. Research Center of Space Laser Information Technology,Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 201800,China
  • Received Date: 2016-04-12
  • Rev Recd Date: 2016-05-15
  • Publish Date: 2016-12-25

Abstract: A ring cavity Tm-doped fiber laser system was built based on a 1 550 nm fiber laser. And, its spectral chacteristics were investigated. With 1 550 nm pump, the spontaneous emission of the 1.6 m long Tm-doped fiber covered a spectral range from 1 800-1900 nm with a 3 dB bandwidth bigger than 60 nm. Inserting an isolator into the ring cavity, narrow linewidth output was obtained with a 3 dB linewidth smaller than 0.2 nm centering at around 1 900 nm. Further adding a tunable FP filter, tunable, narrow linewidth laser output was attained. The laser spectrum was tunable from 1 840-1 900 nm with a broad tunable range reaching 60 nm while maintaining a 3 dB linewidth of only 0.07 nm. In addition, a telecommunication FP filter at the 1 550 nm waveband was also exploited in this ring cavity laser system for wavelength tuning. And, a narrow linewidth, broadband tunable laser output in two seperated spectral ranges was also recorded. Together with the 2 000 nm FP laser system, this laser demonstrates a wide tunable range from 1 820-1 915 nm which is consistent with the spontaneous emission spectrum of the Tm-doped fiber.

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