• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 4, 041401 (2021)
Kaile Wang1、2, Zengrun Wen1、2, Haowei Chen1、2、**, Baole Lu1、2、*, and Jintao Bai1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Technology and Functional Materials, International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional Materials, Institute of Photonics & Photon-technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
  • 2Shaanxi Engineering Technology Research Center for Solid State Lasers and Application, Provincial Key Laboratory of Photo-electronic Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
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    Kaile Wang, Zengrun Wen, Haowei Chen, Baole Lu, Jintao Bai. Wavelength-flexible all-polarization-maintaining self-sweeping fiber laser based on intracavity loss tuning[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(4): 041401 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We reported a wavelength-flexible all-polarization-maintaining self-sweeping fiber laser based on the intracavity loss tuning brought by the bent optical fiber. The bidirectional cavity structure achieved the self-sweeping effect due to the appearance of the dynamic grating in the active fiber with the spatial hole burning effect. Under this, a section of fiber was bent into a circle for adjusting the loss of the cavity. With a descending diameter of bent fiber circle, the sweeping range moves to the shorter wavelength and covers a wide range from 1055.6 to 1034.6 nm eventually. Both the initial wavelength of self-sweeping regime and the threshold of the fiber laser show exponential correlation with the diameter of the circular fiber. Our work provides a compact and low-cost way to achieve the broad wavelength-flexible self-sweeping operation.
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    Kaile Wang, Zengrun Wen, Haowei Chen, Baole Lu, Jintao Bai. Wavelength-flexible all-polarization-maintaining self-sweeping fiber laser based on intracavity loss tuning[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(4): 041401
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