• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 7, 070604 (2017)
Kuanglu Yu1, Linghao Cheng2、*, Yiqin Lao2, Yunbo Li2, Bai-Ou Guan2, Chongqing Wu3, and Yao Zhao1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Information Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
  • 2Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
  • 3Institute of Optical Information, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201715.070604 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Kuanglu Yu, Linghao Cheng, Yiqin Lao, Yunbo Li, Bai-Ou Guan, Chongqing Wu, Yao Zhao. Impact of external optical feedback on the beat notes of dual-polarization fiber lasers[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(7): 070604 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of a dual-frequency fiber laser with external optical feedback by an FBG reflector.
    Fig. 1. Schematic of a dual-frequency fiber laser with external optical feedback by an FBG reflector.
    Experimental setup for dual-frequency fiber laser beat note’s frequency stabilization. The laser can be either connected with Structure A or B as the feedback element.
    Fig. 2. Experimental setup for dual-frequency fiber laser beat note’s frequency stabilization. The laser can be either connected with Structure A or B as the feedback element.
    Phase noise spectrum with different feedback lengths. Inset: a free-running DBR output on the BOSA.
    Fig. 3. Phase noise spectrum with different feedback lengths. Inset: a free-running DBR output on the BOSA.
    Phase-noise reduction at 10 kHz offset with different feedback lengths.
    Fig. 4. Phase-noise reduction at 10 kHz offset with different feedback lengths.
    Beat spectra for different feedback lengths.
    Fig. 5. Beat spectra for different feedback lengths.
    Mode gap dependence on the feedback length.
    Fig. 6. Mode gap dependence on the feedback length.
    Beat spectra for different feedback strengths.
    Fig. 7. Beat spectra for different feedback strengths.
    Measured beat frequency offset by changing the feedback light’s polarization.
    Fig. 8. Measured beat frequency offset by changing the feedback light’s polarization.
    Experimental setup for feedback’s impact on DBR sensitivity.
    Fig. 9. Experimental setup for feedback’s impact on DBR sensitivity.
    DBR sensitivity comparison before and after optical feedback.
    Fig. 10. DBR sensitivity comparison before and after optical feedback.
    Kuanglu Yu, Linghao Cheng, Yiqin Lao, Yunbo Li, Bai-Ou Guan, Chongqing Wu, Yao Zhao. Impact of external optical feedback on the beat notes of dual-polarization fiber lasers[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(7): 070604
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