
Efficient narrow-linewidth volume-Bragg grating-locked Nd:fiber laser
Author(s) -
Pär Jelger,
Fredrik Laurell
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.15.011336
Subject(s) - laser linewidth , fiber bragg grating , materials science , optics , fiber laser , phosfos , photonic crystal fiber , laser , polarization maintaining optical fiber , optical fiber , fiber optic sensor , physics
A neodymium doped microstructured large mode area fiber is frequency locked with a volume Bragg grating. This configuration is compared with a conventional fiber laser setup. A high efficiency (51% slope), stable output and a drastically narrowed linewidth (<0.07nm) are achieved.