Ultranarrow-Linewidth Brillouin/Erbium Fiber Laser Based on 45-cm Erbium-Doped Fiber

Mo Chen; Zhou Meng; Yichi Zhang; Jianfei Wang; Wei Chen

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2399354

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2015)

Ultranarrow-Linewidth Brillouin/Erbium Fiber Laser Based on 45-cm Erbium-Doped Fiber

Mo Chen,
Zhou Meng,
Yichi Zhang,
Jianfei Wang,
Wei Chen

Affiliations

Mo Chen: Acad. of Ocean Sci. & Eng., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China
Zhou Meng: Acad. of Ocean Sci. & Eng., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China
Yichi Zhang: Acad. of Ocean Sci. & Eng., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China
Jianfei Wang: Acad. of Ocean Sci. & Eng., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China
Wei Chen: Acad. of Ocean Sci. & Eng., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2399354
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

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We demonstrate an ultranarrow-linewidth Brillouin/erbium fiber laser (BEFL), in which 45-cm commercialized erbium-doped fiber (EDF) acts as both the Brillouin and linear gain media. The Brillouin pump threshold of the BEFL is in submilliwatts. Its 980-nm pump threshold is only 15 mW. The BEFL presents an ultranarrow linewidth of 40 Hz. This single-frequency BEFL presents a number of applications in many high-coherence fields.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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