Abstract
A hybrid Raman-erbium random fber laser with a half-open cavity assisted by chirped artifcially
controlled backscattering fber refectors is presented. A combination of a 2.4 km-long dispersion
compensating fber with two highly erbium-doped fber pieces of 5 m length were used as gain media.
A single random laser emission line centered at 1553.8 nm with an optical signal to noise ratio of
47 dB ...
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A hybrid Raman-erbium random fber laser with a half-open cavity assisted by chirped artifcially
controlled backscattering fber refectors is presented. A combination of a 2.4 km-long dispersion
compensating fber with two highly erbium-doped fber pieces of 5 m length were used as gain media.
A single random laser emission line centered at 1553.8 nm with an optical signal to noise ratio of
47 dB were obtained when pumped at 37.5 dBm. A full width at half maximum of 1 nm and a 100%
confdence level output power instability as low as 0.08 dB were measured. The utilization of the new
laser cavity as a temperature and strain sensor is also experimentally studied. [--]
Subject
Random fiber laser,
Output power stability,
Raman amplification,
Erbium doped fiber,
Distributed reflectors,
Backscattering
Published in
Scientific Reports (2021) 11:9169
Departament
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoa eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritza Saila /
Universidad Pública de Navarra/Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
Sponsorship
This work was supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad of Spain (TEC2016-76021-C2), the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades and Agencia Estatal de Investigación (PID2019-107270RB) and the FEDER funds, the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte of Spain (PhD grant FPU2018/02797), and Projects for young researchers UPNA 2019 (PJUPNA1928).