Apodized distributed feedback fiber laser with asymmetrical outputs for multiplexed sensing applications

作者:Qi Haifeng*; Song Zhiqiang; Li Shujuan; Guo Jian; Wang Chang; Peng Gang Ding
来源:Optics Express, 2013, 21(9): 11309-11314.
DOI:10.1364/OE.21.011309

摘要

The spectral characteristics of four different types of apodized fiber Bragg gratings with a single pi phase shift are analyzed based on the simulation. The 2-discrete Gaussian apodization is proved to have the most effective suppression to grating side mode. A novel asymmetrical distributed feedback fiber laser based on this apodization structure is presented and fabricated as well. The grating has a -20 dB side-mode suppression. The laser exhibits a high power ratio of backward to forward outputs. It has a relative intensity noise of -90dB/Hz and a linewidth of 20k Hz operating in a single polarization longitudinal mode.