Journal article
Electrically tunable Yb-doped fiber laser based on a liquid crystal photonic bandgap fiber device
We demonstrate electrical tunability of a fiber laser using a liquid crystal photonic bandgap fiber. Tuning of the laser is achieved by combining the wavelength filtering effect of a tunable liquid crystal photonic bandgap fiber device with an ytterbium-doped photonic crystal fiber. We fabricate an all-spliced laser cavity based on the liquid crystal photonic bandgap fiber mounted on a silicon assembly, a pump/signal combiner with single-mode signal feed-through and an ytterbium-doped photonic crystal fiber.
The laser cavity produces a single-mode output and is tuned in the range 1040-1065 nm by applying an electric field to the silicon assembly.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2010 |
Pages: | 8229-8238 |
ISSN: | 10944087 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1364/OE.18.008229 |