Research progress of high-power single-frequency erbium-doped fiber laser technology (Invited)

Xin Cheng; Huawei Jiang; Yan Feng

doi:10.3788/IRLA20220127

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Infrared and Laser Engineering
Vol. 51, Issue 6, 20220127 (2022)

Research progress of high-power single-frequency erbium-doped fiber laser technology (Invited)

Xin Cheng^1、2, Huawei Jiang¹, and Yan Feng^1、3

Author Affiliations

¹Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China

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Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of a typical traveling wave cavity erbium-doped fiber laser

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Fig. 2. Structure diagram of erbium-doped DFB fiber laser ^[3]

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Fig. 3. Structure diagram of erbium-doped DBR fiber laser ^[3]

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Fig. 4. Power development process of high-power continuous-wave single-frequency erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

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Fig. 5. Structure diagram of continuous-wave single-frequency erbium-doped fiber amplifier with 151 W output power ^[56]

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Fig. 6. Single-frequency EYDF amplifier with off-peak pumping scheme. (a) Diagram of structure; (b) Diagram of power curve^[61]

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Fig. 7. Single-frequency EYDF amplifier with co-seeding pumping scheme. (a) Diagram of structure; (b) Diagram of power curve^[59]

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Fig. 8. Single-frequency EYDF amplifier with in-band pumping scheme. (a) Diagram of structure; (b) Diagram of power curve^[69]

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Structure	Fiber type	Year	Institution	Wavelength/nm	Power/mW	Linewidth/kHz	Ref.
Traveling-wave cavity	Phosphor-alumino- silicate fiber	1990	University of Southampton	1555	1	<60	[4]
	Silica fiber	1990	NTT Transmission Systems Laboratories	1549.3-1552.1	1.3	<1.4	[5]
	Silica fiber	1991	Telcordia Technologies	1525-1565	2	10	[6]
	Silica fiber	1991	Alcatel-Lucent	1528-1572	0.32	10	[7]
	Silica fiber	1991	AT&T Bell Laboratories	1530-1575	3	<5.5	[8]
	Silica fiber	1994	University of Southampton	1535	6.2	<0.95	[9]
	Silica fiber	2001	University of Southern California	1522-1562	10	0.75	[10]
	Silica fiber	2003	EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering	1510-1580	0.5	-	[11]
	Silica fiber	2005	National Chiao Tung University	1482-1512	1.3	-	[12]
	Silica fiber	2005	National Chiao Tung University	1480.6-1522.9	10	-	[13]
	Phosphate fiber	2005	University of Arizona	1535	1000	-	[14]
	Silica fiber	2008	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	1565	867	-	[15]

Table 1. Research progress of single-frequency erbium-doped fiber lasers with traveling-wave cavity

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Structure	Fiber type	Year	Institution	Wavelength/nm	Power/mW	Linewidth/kHz	Ref.
DBR	Silica fiber	1991	United Technologies Research Center	1548	5	<47	[28]
DBR	Silica fiber	1994	United Technologies Research Center	1525-1557	3	-	[29]
DBR	Phosphate fiber	2016	South China University of Technology	1527-1563	2.5	<0.7	[30]
DBR	Phosphate fiber	2017	South China University of Technology	1603	20	1.9	[31]
DBR	Phosphate fiber	2003	NP Photonics	1535	100	<2	[32]
DBR	Phosphate fiber	2004	NP Photonics	1560	>200	<2	[33]
DBR	Phosphate fiber	2005	University of Arizona	1535	1 900	-	[34]
DBR	Phosphate fiber	2005	University of Arizona	1550	1600	-	[35]
DFB	Phosphate photonic crystal fiber	2006	University of Arizona	1534	2300	-	[36]
DBR	Phosphate fiber	2010	Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS	1535	100	<5	[37]
DBR	Phosphate fiber	2010	South China University of Technology	1535	306	1.6	[38]
Linear cavity	Silica fiber	2001	Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute	1525-1565	0.08	<4.6	[39]

Table 2. Research progress of single-frequency erbium-doped fiber lasers with standing-wave cavity

Xin Cheng, Huawei Jiang, Yan Feng. Research progress of high-power single-frequency erbium-doped fiber laser technology (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(6): 20220127

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