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Title: | Beat-frequency adjustable Er³⁺-doped DBR fiber laser for ultrasound detection | Authors: | Guo, T Wong, ACL Liu, WS Guan, BO Lu, C Tam, HY |
Issue Date: | 31-Jan-2011 | Source: | Optics express, 31 Jan. 2011, v. 19, no. 3, p. 2485-2492 | Abstract: | A compact low beat-frequency dual-polarization distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) fiber laser whose beat frequency can be varied, for high-frequency ultrasound detection has been proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The laser was fabricated in small birefringent commercial erbium-doped fiber. It operated in a robust single-longitude mode with output power of more than 1 mW and high signal-to-noise ratio better than 60 dB. Induced birefringence to the fiber during the UV inscription process is small (~10‾ ⁷) and consequently the laser beats at a low frequency of ~20 MHz which is at least one order of magnitude smaller than previously reported results, making frequency down-conversion unnecessary. The beat frequency can be adjusted by controlling the side-exposure time of the UV light irradiating the gain cavity, providing a simple approach to multiplex a large number of DBR fiber lasers of different frequencies in series using frequency division multiplexing (FDM) technique. The proposed DBR fiber laser is also temperature insensitive, making it a good candidate for hydrophone applications. | Keywords: | Birefringence DBR lasers Electroacoustic transducers Erbium Fading (radio) Fibers Frequency allocation |
Publisher: | Optical Society of America | Journal: | Optics express | EISSN: | 1094-4087 | DOI: | 10.1364/OE.19.002485 | Rights: | © 2011 Optical Society of America. This paper was published in Optics express and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-3-2485. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law. |
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