We fabricate a high-performance Bi/Er/La co-doped silica fiber with a fluorescence intensity of-33.8 dBm and a gain coefficient of 1.9 dB/m.With the utilization of the fiber as a gain medium,a linear-cavity fiber lase...We fabricate a high-performance Bi/Er/La co-doped silica fiber with a fluorescence intensity of-33.8 dBm and a gain coefficient of 1.9 dB/m.With the utilization of the fiber as a gain medium,a linear-cavity fiber laser has been constructed,which exhibits a signal-to-noise ratio of 74.9 dB at 1596 nm.It has been demonstrated that the fiber laser has a maximum output power of 107.4 mW,a slope efficiency of up to 17.0%,and a linewidth of less than 0.02 nm.Moreover,an all-fiber single-stage optical amplifier is built up for laser amplification,by which the amplified laser power is up to 410.0 mW with pump efficiency of 33.8%.The results indicate that the laser is capable of high signal-to-noise ratio and narrow linewidth,with potential applications for optical fiber sensing,biomedicine,precision measurement,and the pump source of the mid-infrared fiber lasers.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2020YFB1805800)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61975113,61935002,61735009,and 61705126),Project(No.D20031)Shanghai Professional Technical Public Service Platform of Advanced Optical Waveguide Intelligent Manufacturing and Testing(No.19DZ2294000).
文摘We fabricate a high-performance Bi/Er/La co-doped silica fiber with a fluorescence intensity of-33.8 dBm and a gain coefficient of 1.9 dB/m.With the utilization of the fiber as a gain medium,a linear-cavity fiber laser has been constructed,which exhibits a signal-to-noise ratio of 74.9 dB at 1596 nm.It has been demonstrated that the fiber laser has a maximum output power of 107.4 mW,a slope efficiency of up to 17.0%,and a linewidth of less than 0.02 nm.Moreover,an all-fiber single-stage optical amplifier is built up for laser amplification,by which the amplified laser power is up to 410.0 mW with pump efficiency of 33.8%.The results indicate that the laser is capable of high signal-to-noise ratio and narrow linewidth,with potential applications for optical fiber sensing,biomedicine,precision measurement,and the pump source of the mid-infrared fiber lasers.
