Fig. 1. Structure of linear short cavity DBR fiber laser
Fig. 2. Structure of linear short cavity DFB fiber laser
Fig. 3. Typical structure of ring cavity
Fig. 4. Structure of Fox-Smith linear composite cavity
[91] Fig. 5. Structure of double linear cavities all fiber single-frequency laser
[93] Fig. 6. Typical structure of ring composite cavity
Fig. 7. Structure of main linear cavity + ring cavity single-frequency laser
[105] Fig. 8. Structure of fiber Bragg grating F-P cavity
Fig. 9. Structure of single-frequency fiber laser based on F-P cavity mode selecting
[110] Fig. 10. Structure of double fiber grating F-P cavities single-frequency fiber laser
[113] Fig. 11. Structure of single-frequency fiber laser based on unpumped doped fiber mode selecting
Fig. 12. Structure of narrow linewidth fiber laser based on F-P fiber loop filter
[130] Fig. 13. Structure of single-frequency fiber laser based on loop mirror filter
[135] Fig. 14. Structure of single-frequency laser based on two-dimensional material mode selecting
[139] Fig. 15. Structure of achieving incoherent based on acoustooptic modulator
[143] Fig. 16. Structure of achieving incoherent based on Faraday rotator
[144] Fig. 17. Structure of virtual folded cavity single-frequency fiber laser
[147] Fig. 18. Typical structure of Brillouin fiber laser
Fig. 19. Structure of Rayleigh scattering narrow linewidth random fiber laser using doped fiber gain
[176] Fig. 20. Structure of Rayleigh scattering narrow linewidth random fiber laser using SBS
[178] Fig. 21. Structure of high power narrow linewidth fiber laser based on PCF
[192] Fig. 22. Structure of linear polarized high power narrow linewidth fiber laser based on polarizer
[197] Fig. 23. Structure of linear polarized high power narrow linewidth fiber laser based on polarization maintaining gratings
[203] Fig. 24. Structure of linear polarized high power narrow linewidth fiber laser based on bending loss
[205] Wavelength band/
μm
| Year | Institution [Ref.] | Structure | Fiber type | Wavelength/
nm
| Power/
mW
| Linewidth/
kHz
| 1 | 2011 | South China Uni. of Tech. (SCUT), China[65] | DBR | Yb3+ phosphate
| 1060 | 408 | <7 | 2012 | NP Photonics, USA[66] | DBR | Yb3+ phosphate
| 976 | >100 | <3 | 2013 | SCUT, China[36] | DBR | Yb3+ phosphate
| 1064 | 230 | <2 | 2016 | SCUT, China[67] | DBR | Yb3+ phosphate
| 1120 | 62 | 5.7 | 2016 | Tianjin Uni.(TJU), China[41] | DBR | Nd3+ silica
| 930 | 1.9 | 44 | 2016 | Beijing Uni. of Tech.(BJUT), China[68] | DBR | Yb3+ silica
| 1063 | 21.78 | 0.54 | 2017 | Northwest Uni., China[44] | DBR | Yb3+ silica
| 1030 | 160 | 6 | 2017 | Inst. of Radio Eng. and Elec., Russia[59] | DFB | Yb3+ silica
| 1030 | 10 | <8 | 2019 | Shandong Uni., China[45] | DBR | Yb:YAG silica | 1064 | 110 | 65 | 2020 | SCUT, China[69] | DBR | Nd3+ silica
| 1120 | 15 | 71.5 | 2021 | Uni. of Arizona(UA), USA[70] | DBR | Nd3+ phosphate
| 915 | 13.5 | - | 2021 | Shanghai Uni., China[46] | DBR | Yb:YAG silica | 1030 | >255 | 171 | 1 | 2021 | UA, USA[71] | DBR | Yb3+ phosphate
| 1050 | 1150 | 9.6 | 2021 | National Uni. of Defense Tech.(NUDT), China[72] | DFB | Yb3+ silica
| 1030 | 154 | 18 | 1.2 | 2012 | NP Photonics, USA[73] | DBR | Ho3+ ZBLAN
| 1200 | 10 | <100 | 1.5 | 2012 | Shanghai Inst. of Optics and Fine Mech.(SIOM), China[6] | DBR | Er3+-Yb3+ phosphate
| 1540.3 | 114.2 | 4.1 | 2012 | SCUT, China[74] | DBR | Er3+-Yb3+ phosphate
| 1550 | >50 | <2 | 2012 | Beijing Jiaotong Uni., China[56] | DFB | Er3+-
| 1544.768 | 43.5 | 9.8 | 2013 | UA, USA[75] | DBR | Er3+-Yb3+ phosphate
| 1538.2 | 550 | <60 | 2017 | SCUT, China[76] | DBR | Er3+-Yb3+ phosphate
| 1603 | 21 | <1.9 | 2018 | BJUT, China[77] | DBR | Er3+-
| 1552 | - | <0.3 | 2018 | NUDT, China[78] | DFB | Er3+-Yb3+ phosphate
| 1534.7 | 10.44 | - | 2020 | Russian Acad. of Sciences, Russia[61] | DFB | Er3+ phosphate
| 1550 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 2021 | Jiangsu Normal Uni., China[62] | DFB | Er3+ silica
| 1550 | 3.9 | <1 | 2021 | Shenzhen Uni., China[79] | DBR | Er3+-
| 1549.3 | 13.17 | 0.491 | 1.7 | 2021 | SCUT, China[80] | DBR | Tm3+ germanate
| 1727 | 12.4 | 8.6 | 2 | 2011 | Uni. of Southampton, UK[39] | DBR | Tm3+ alumino-silicate
| 1943 | 580 | - | 2015 | SCUT, China[37] | DBR | Tm3+ germanate
| 1950 | 102.5 | <6 | 2017 | TJU, China[43] | DBR | Tm3+ silica
| 1920 | 50 | 36 | 2018 | SCUT, China[38] | DBR | Tm3+ germanate
| 1950 | 617 | 12.55 | 2019 | Inst. of Aut. and Electrometry, Russia[57] | DFB | Ho3+ silica
| 2070 | 53 | 10 | 2.8 | 2015 | Laval Uni., Canada[55] | DFB | Er3+ fluoride
| 2794.4 | 12 | <20 |
|
Table 1. Typical progress of linear short cavity single-frequency fiber lasers
Year | Institution [Ref.] | Gain fiber | PRE/dB | Wavelength/
nm
| Power/
W
| Linewidth/
nm
| 2012 | SIOM, China[200] | 4.2 m Yb3+ PM
| 15 | 1120 | 101 | 0.21 | 2013 | Uni. of Central Florida, USA[201] | 2 m Tm3+ PM
| 18.8 | 1958.3 | 4 | <0.08 | 2013 | Yunnan Uni., China[204] | 5 m Yb3+ PM
| 22-24 | 1064.30 | 30.2 | 0.11 | 2014 | Ryerson Uni., Canada[194] | 1.5 m Yb3+ | Non | 1088 | 38.5 | 0.05 | 2015 | NUDT, China[22] | 3.7 m Yb3+ | Non | 1018 | 107.5 | 0.26 | 2015 | HFB Photonics, China[206] | 6 m Yb3+ | Non | 1070 | 6 | <0.1 | 2016 | China Acad. of Eng. Phy.(CAEP), China[207] | 11 m Yb3+ | Non | 1080 | 240 | 0.39 | 2016 | NUDT, China[202] | 6.5 m Yb3+ PM
| 18 | 1152 | 13 | 0.14 | 2016 | NUDT, China[203] | 3.1 m Yb3+ PM
| 23 | 1064 | 32.7 | <0.052 | 2017 | NUDT, China[208] | 1.3 m Yb3+ PM
| >15 | 1064 | 45 | ≤0.044 | 2017 | Tsinghua Uni., China[209] | Yb3+ | Non | 1080.2 | 292 | 0.78 | 2018 | Tsinghua Uni., China[205] | 4 m Yb3+ PM
| 21.6 | 1063.26 | 44.1 | 0.1 | 2019 | Tsinghua Uni., China[210] | 10 m Yb3+ | Non | 1070 | 80 | 0.0366 | 2019 | Uni. of Science and Tech. of China, China[21] | 4 m Yb3+ | Non | 1064 | 80 | 0.1 | 2019 | CAEP, China[211] | 1.5 m+3 m Yb3+ | Non | 1067 | 7.3 | 0.027 | 2020 | CAEP, China[19] | 1.5 m+1.5 m Yb3+ PM
| - | 1064 | 10.68 | 0.0307 | 2021 | Tsinghua Uni., China[212] | 5 m Yb3+ | Non | 1070 | 145 | 0.078 | 2021 | NUDT, China | 4.5 m Yb3+ PM
| 13.7 | 1050 | 190.2 | 0.1598 |
|
Table 2. Typical progress of high power narrow linewidth fiber lasers