Characterization of 45º-tilted fiber grating and its polarization function in fiber ring laser

Abstract

We have proposed and demonstrated a fiber ring laser with single-polarization output using an intracavity 45°-tilted fiber grating (45°-TFG). The properties of the 45°-TFG have been investigated both theoretically and experimentally. The fiber ring laser incorporating the 45°-TFG has been systematically characterized, showing a significant improvement in the polarization extinction ratio (PER) and achieving a PER of >30 dB. The slope efficiencies of the ring laser with and without the 45°-TFG have been measured. This laser shows a very stable polarized output with a PER variation of less than 2 dB for 5 hours at laboratory conditions. In addition, we also demonstrated the tunability of the laser.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.26.001905
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
Additional Information: © 2009 Optical Society of America
Uncontrolled Keywords: fibre optics,optical communications,photonics,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Publication ISSN: 1520-8540
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2024 07:14
Date Deposited: 03 Dec 2012 11:05
Full Text Link: http://www.opti ... osab-26-10-1905
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2009-10-01
Authors: Mou, Chengbo (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-6107-3439)
Zhou, Kaiming (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-6011-1912)
Zhang, Lin (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-1691-5577)
Bennion, Ian

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