A tuneable, power efficient and narrow single longitudinal mode fibre ring laser using an inline dual-taper fibre Mach-Zehnder filter

作者：Ahmad H^*; Dernaika M; Kharraz O M; Alimadad M; Ibrahim M F; Lim K S; Harun S W

来源：Laser Physics, 2014, 24(8): 085111.

DOI：10.1088/1054-660X/24/8/085111

• single longitudinal mode
• fibre laser
• taper fibre
• Mach-Zehnder
• erbium-doped fibre

A tuneable single longitudinal mode fibre ring laser with dual-taper fibre filter is proposed and experimentally demonstrated in this paper. The single longitudinal mode operation, and power limitations for a Mach-Zehnder interferometer filter generated from a single mode fibre, are verified for the first time. Incorporating an in-line taper fibre Mach-Zehnder interferometer filter inside the laser ring cavity causes a spatial mode beating interference, resulting in a passive narrow band filter with the ability to generate stable single longitudinal modes. The single longitudinal mode achieves a side mode suppression ratio of more than 60 dB using low pump power. The tuneability of the fibre laser ranges from 1525 to 1562 nm using a passive band pass filter. A study of the stability and limitation of the single longitudinal mode in the Mach-Zehnder tapered fibre is also presented.

• 出版日期2014-8