中国物理B ›› 2005, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (5): 991-994.doi: 10.1088/1009-1963/14/5/023

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Output-power controllable erbium-doped fibre laser via a high-birefringence fibre loop mirror with applied stress

刘艳格, 冯新焕, 李尧, 袁树忠, 张伟刚, 开桂云, 董孝义   

  1. Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 收稿日期:2004-09-13 修回日期:2005-01-14 出版日期:2005-05-19 发布日期:2005-05-19
  • 基金资助:
    Supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Programme of China under Grant No. 2003CB314906 , the National High Technology Development Programme of China under Grant No. 2003AA312100 , the National Natural Science Foundation of China unde

Output-power controllable erbium-doped fibre laser via a high-birefringence fibre loop mirror with applied stress

Liu Yan-Ge (刘艳格), Feng Xin-Huan (冯新焕), Li Yao (李尧), Yuan Shu-Zhong (袁树忠), Zhang Wei-Gang (张伟刚), Kai Gui-Yun (开桂云), Dong Xiao-Yi (董孝义)   

  1. Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • Received:2004-09-13 Revised:2005-01-14 Online:2005-05-19 Published:2005-05-19
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Programme of China under Grant No. 2003CB314906 , the National High Technology Development Programme of China under Grant No. 2003AA312100 , the National Natural Science Foundation of China unde

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摘要： In this paper, a novel output-power controllable erbium-doped fibre laser, based on a strain-applied high-birefringence fibre loop mirror (HBFLM), was proposed and demonstrated. The reflectivity of HBFLM could be changed from about 0.8% to 100% because the fibre length and birefringence of the high-birefringence fibre (HBF) were altered via bonding a part of HBF to the centric surface of an uniform-strength cantilever beam and applying different stress at end of the beam. As a result, the laser output power could be adjusted and controlled in a dynamic range of more than 33 dB. The laser is not only a controllable and adjustable output-power laser with simple configuration and low cost, but also can be used for optimizing the output characteristics of a linear cavity laser via easily finding out the optimized reflectivity of the reflectors.

Abstract: In this paper, a novel output-power controllable erbium-doped fibre laser, based on a strain-applied high-birefringence fibre loop mirror (HBFLM), was proposed and demonstrated. The reflectivity of HBFLM could be changed from about 0.8% to 100% because the fibre length and birefringence of the high-birefringence fibre (HBF) were altered via bonding a part of HBF to the centric surface of an uniform-strength cantilever beam and applying different stress at end of the beam. As a result, the laser output power could be adjusted and controlled in a dynamic range of more than 33 dB. The laser is not only a controllable and adjustable output-power laser with simple configuration and low cost, but also can be used for optimizing the output characteristics of a linear cavity laser via easily finding out the optimized reflectivity of the reflectors.

Key words: erbium-doped fibre laser, high-birefringence fibre loop mirror, applied stress.

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