Single-Polarization Cladding-Pumped Optical Amplifier Without Polarization-Maintaining Gain Fiber
We demonstrate a single-polarization cladding-pumped Er : Yb optical amplifier using a dual-pass design with a Faraday rotator mirror and nonpolarization-maintaining gain fiber. Over a 25-nm range centered at 1562 nm, the amplifier output exceeds 1 W and maintains a polarization extinction ratio gre...
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| author | Yarnall, Timothy M. Ulmer, Todd G. Spellmeyer, Neal W. Caplan, David O. |
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| description | We demonstrate a single-polarization cladding-pumped Er : Yb optical amplifier using a dual-pass design with a Faraday rotator mirror and nonpolarization-maintaining gain fiber. Over a 25-nm range centered at 1562 nm, the amplifier output exceeds 1 W and maintains a polarization extinction ratio greater than 22 dB. We investigate enhanced relative intensity noise inherent in the dual-pass configuration and discuss scaling to higher powers. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/742552022-10-01T09:48:10Z Single-Polarization Cladding-Pumped Optical Amplifier Without Polarization-Maintaining Gain Fiber Yarnall, Timothy M. Ulmer, Todd G. Spellmeyer, Neal W. Caplan, David O. Lincoln Laboratory Yarnall, Timothy M. Ulmer, Todd G. Spellmeyer, Neal W. Caplan, David O. We demonstrate a single-polarization cladding-pumped Er : Yb optical amplifier using a dual-pass design with a Faraday rotator mirror and nonpolarization-maintaining gain fiber. Over a 25-nm range centered at 1562 nm, the amplifier output exceeds 1 W and maintains a polarization extinction ratio greater than 22 dB. We investigate enhanced relative intensity noise inherent in the dual-pass configuration and discuss scaling to higher powers. 2012-10-25T18:16:38Z 2012-10-25T18:16:38Z 2009-07 2009-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1041-1135 1941-0174 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74255 Yarnall, T.M. et al. “Single-Polarization Cladding-Pumped Optical Amplifier Without Polarization-Maintaining Gain Fiber.” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 21.18 (2009): 1326–1328. © Copyright 2009 IEEE en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/lpt.2009.2026584 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE |
| spellingShingle | Yarnall, Timothy M. Ulmer, Todd G. Spellmeyer, Neal W. Caplan, David O. Single-Polarization Cladding-Pumped Optical Amplifier Without Polarization-Maintaining Gain Fiber |
| title | Single-Polarization Cladding-Pumped Optical Amplifier Without Polarization-Maintaining Gain Fiber |
| title_full | Single-Polarization Cladding-Pumped Optical Amplifier Without Polarization-Maintaining Gain Fiber |
| title_fullStr | Single-Polarization Cladding-Pumped Optical Amplifier Without Polarization-Maintaining Gain Fiber |
| title_full_unstemmed | Single-Polarization Cladding-Pumped Optical Amplifier Without Polarization-Maintaining Gain Fiber |
| title_short | Single-Polarization Cladding-Pumped Optical Amplifier Without Polarization-Maintaining Gain Fiber |
| title_sort | single polarization cladding pumped optical amplifier without polarization maintaining gain fiber |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74255 |
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