A switchable and tunable ytterbium-doped fiber ring laser with a Sagnac loop mirror

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2016-04-14
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Aswitchableandtunableytterbium-dopedfiberringlaser(YDFL)isreportedanddemonstrated.EmployingaSagnacloopmirrorfabricatedbyan85-cm-longpolarization-maintainingfiber(PMF),theproposedYDFLcanoperatewithstabledual-wavelengthlasingortunablesingle-wavelengthlasingaround1064nm.Bothstabledual-wavelengthlasingandtunablesingle-wavelengthlasingareachievedbyadjustingapolarizationcontrollerintheSagnacloopmirror.Theexperimentalresultsshowthattheoutputoftheproposedfiberlaserwithtwodifferentoperationmodesisratherstableatroomtemperature.