Single linearly polarized, widely tunable Yb3+-doped fiber laser with alternative polarization and wavelength

✍ Scribed by D.-F. Liu; C.-H. Wang

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 172 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1612-2011
• DOI: 10.1002/lapl.200910112

✦ Synopsis

A novel single linearly polarized, widely tunable Yb 3+ -doped fiber laser with alternative two orthogonal polarization (wavelength) laser beams was proposed and demonstrated experimentally. Using a polarization beam splitting (PBS) as the separating of the two tunable laser beams in a linear Yb 3+ -doped fiber cavity, the laser generates two alternatively tunable wavelength laser. Beam 1 is from 1001.9 nm to 1083.4 nm with single linear polarization and 368 mW (at 1030.1 nm) output power. Beam 2 is from 1000.0 nm to 1082.5 nm with 395 mW (at 1018.4 nm) output power and orthogonally polarized with beam 1. In addition, the laser can also work in widely tunable two wavelengths oscillating simultaneously.