Self-injection linear polarization locking of a fiber laser

Bacher, Christoph; Heidt, Alexander; Romano, Valerio; Ryser, Manuel (2018). Self-injection linear polarization locking of a fiber laser. Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, p. 56. SPIE 10.1117/12.2290450

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We present a novel approach for linear polarized operation of a fiber laser not requiring any intra-cavity components, but relying on an external self-seeding effect. A small fraction of back-reflected polarized light created in an external cavity consisting of fused coupler, polarizer and fiber Bragg grating is sufficient to seed and lock the laser to linear polarized operation. This approach enables the construction of polarized monolithic fiber lasers, minimizes intra-cavity losses and drastically reduces parasitic amplified spontaneous emission. We experimentally demonstrate strong polarization locking in an Yb-doped fiber laser with extinction ratio of 500:1 at 1154 nm.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Applied Physics
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Applied Physics > Lasers

UniBE Contributor:

Bacher, Christoph, Heidt, Alexander, Romano, Valerio, Ryser, Manuel

Subjects:

600 Technology > 620 Engineering

ISSN:

0277-786X

ISBN:

9781510615106

Publisher:

SPIE

Language:

English

Submitter:

Simone Corry

Date Deposited:

11 Dec 2018 14:00

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:21

Publisher DOI:

10.1117/12.2290450

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.122118

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/122118

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