摘要
An intracavity coherent coupling Michelson erbium-doped fibre （EDF） laser （MCEDFL） is proposed and demonstrated. By using this laser system, we find a means to obtain a maximum power output at the same pumping power level. From the experiment based on fibre Bragg gratings （FBGs） with different refiectivities from 6% to 100%, we find that the reflectivity of the FBG plays a vital role in improving the performance of the MCEDFL. At the same time, the MCEDFL with a polarizer can be coherently combined effectively. This type of system, in principle, is compatible with other more powerful pumping methods, such as cladding pumping, and brings some novel perspectives to the realization of high power lasers.
An intracavity coherent coupling Michelson erbium-doped fibre （EDF） laser （MCEDFL） is proposed and demonstrated. By using this laser system, we find a means to obtain a maximum power output at the same pumping power level. From the experiment based on fibre Bragg gratings （FBGs） with different refiectivities from 6% to 100%, we find that the reflectivity of the FBG plays a vital role in improving the performance of the MCEDFL. At the same time, the MCEDFL with a polarizer can be coherently combined effectively. This type of system, in principle, is compatible with other more powerful pumping methods, such as cladding pumping, and brings some novel perspectives to the realization of high power lasers.
基金
Project supported by the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation （Grant No 06YFJZJC00300）, and the National Science Foundation for Postdoctoral Scientists of China （Grant No 20060390666）.Acknowledgement We thank Dr Jin Long and Associate Professor Liu Bo for fruitful discussion.
