A single-frequency distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) fiber laser at 1030 nm has been demonstrated using a 0.7 cm long homemade Yb:YAG crystal-derived silica fiber (YCDSF).The absorption and emission cross sections of ...A single-frequency distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) fiber laser at 1030 nm has been demonstrated using a 0.7 cm long homemade Yb:YAG crystal-derived silica fiber (YCDSF).The absorption and emission cross sections of the YCDSF are 4.93×10^(-20)cm^(2) at 980 nm and 1.1×10^(-20)cm^(2)at 1030 nm.Using this gain fiber,an over 255 m W continuous-wave lasing in the constructed laser has been obtained at single transverse and longitudinal mode operation.The slope efficiency and the pump threshold of the fiber laser were up to ~35%and as low as 25 m W,respectively.The fiber laser also demonstrated an optical signal-to-noise ratio of 79 dB and a beam quality factor of 1.016 in two orthogonal directions.Its power fluctuation at 210.5 m W was less than 0.85%of the average power within 13 h.Moreover,the relative intensity noise and linewidth of the laser are also investigated at the different pump powers.The results indicate that the single-frequency DBR fiber laser has potential applications in high-quality seed sources and high-precision optical sensing.展开更多
基金National Key Research and Development Project(2020YFB1805800)National Natural Science Foundation of China(61520106014,61675125,61705126,61735009)+1 种基金111 Project(D20031)Shanghai Professional Technical Public Service Platform of Advanced Optical Waveguide Intelligent Manufacturing and Testing(19DZ2294000)。
文摘A single-frequency distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) fiber laser at 1030 nm has been demonstrated using a 0.7 cm long homemade Yb:YAG crystal-derived silica fiber (YCDSF).The absorption and emission cross sections of the YCDSF are 4.93×10^(-20)cm^(2) at 980 nm and 1.1×10^(-20)cm^(2)at 1030 nm.Using this gain fiber,an over 255 m W continuous-wave lasing in the constructed laser has been obtained at single transverse and longitudinal mode operation.The slope efficiency and the pump threshold of the fiber laser were up to ~35%and as low as 25 m W,respectively.The fiber laser also demonstrated an optical signal-to-noise ratio of 79 dB and a beam quality factor of 1.016 in two orthogonal directions.Its power fluctuation at 210.5 m W was less than 0.85%of the average power within 13 h.Moreover,the relative intensity noise and linewidth of the laser are also investigated at the different pump powers.The results indicate that the single-frequency DBR fiber laser has potential applications in high-quality seed sources and high-precision optical sensing.
