Fiber Laser Sources

A special issue of Fibers (ISSN 2079-6439).

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Interests: fiber lasers and amplifiers; special mid-ir nonlinear fibers; ultrafast fiber metrology; fiber-based microresonators
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Dear Colleagues,

Fiber lasers and amplifiers are increasingly becoming the light source of choice for a large range of scientific and industrial applications thanks to their inherent technological advantages. This attaches great importance to the development of fiber coherent light sources with special characteristics and the achievement of certain radiation parameters. Great attention is devoted to the design and development of novel fibers, which allow operation in specific spectral ranges, including the mid-IR range. The purpose of this Special Issue is to present the state of the art in the area of fiber lasers and amplifiers through a collection of original research, as well as review papers, ranging from fundamental physics to applications.

The scope of this Special Issue covers all aspects of theoretical, numerical, and experimental studies of fiber lasers and amplifiers, including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Fiber lasers;
  • Fiber amplifiers;
  • Raman lasers;
  • Distributed feedback fiber lasers;
  • Tunable and multiwavelength lasers;
  • Fiber design and fabrication;
  • Laser architectures and pumping methods;
  • Nonlinear dynamics of fiber lasers;
  • Ultrafast fiber sources;
  • Fiber frequency comb sources;
  • Fiber supercontinuum sources;
  • Photonic crystal fibers and lasers;
  • Fiber laser pumped frequency conversion schemes;
  • Mid-IR fiber lasers;
  • Chalcogenide fibers;
  • Tellurite fibers;
  • Fluoride fibers;
  • Advances in fiber laser characterization methodologies.

Dr. Elena Anashkina
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Keywords

  • Fiber lasers
  • Fiber amplifiers
  • Raman lasers
  • Distributed feedback fiber lasers
  • Tunable and multiwavelength lasers
  • Fiber design and fabrication
  • Laser architectures and pumping methods
  • Nonlinear dynamics of fiber lasers
  • Ultrafast fiber sources
  • Fiber frequency comb sources
  • Fiber supercontinuum sources
  • Photonic crystal fibers and lasers
  • Fiber laser pumped frequency conversion schemes
  • Mid-IR fiber lasers
  • Chalcogenide fibers
  • Tellurite fibers
  • Fluoride fibers
  • Advances in fiber laser characterization methodologies.

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7 pages, 1914 KiB  
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Properties of Scalable Chirped-Pulse Optical Comb in Erbium-Doped Ultrafast All-Fiber Ring Laser
by Ilya O. Orekhov, Dmitriy A. Dvoretskiy, Stanislav G. Sazonkin, Yan Z. Ososkov, Anton O. Chernutsky, Aleksander Y. Fedorenko, Lev K. Denisov and Valeriy E. Karasik
Fibers 2021, 9(6), 36; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib9060036 - 2 Jun 2021
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We report on a scalable chirped-pulse Er-doped all-fiber laser, passively mode-locked by single-wall carbon nitride nanotubes. The average output power is ~15 mW, which corresponds to a peak power of ~77 W, and pulse energy of ~1.9 nJ and was achieved using a [...] Read more.
We report on a scalable chirped-pulse Er-doped all-fiber laser, passively mode-locked by single-wall carbon nitride nanotubes. The average output power is ~15 mW, which corresponds to a peak power of ~77 W, and pulse energy of ~1.9 nJ and was achieved using a single amplification stage. We observed chirped-pulse generation with a duration of ~24.6 ps at a relatively low repetition rate of ~7.9 MHz, with a signal-to-noise ratio of ~69 dB. To characterize the short-term stability of the obtained regime, we have measured the relative intensity noise of the laser, which is <−107 dBc/Hz in the range of 3 Hz–1000 kHz. It should be noted that the standard deviation of root mean square of average power does not exceed a magnitude of 0.9% for 3 h of measurement. Full article
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Raman Assisted Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifier for S-Band Multichannel Transmission System
by Andis Supe, Kaspars Zakis, Lilita Gegere, Dmitrii Redka, Jurgis Porins, Sandis Spolitis and Vjaceslavs Bobrovs
Fibers 2021, 9(2), 9; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib9020009 - 1 Feb 2021
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In this paper we present results from the study of optical signal amplification using Raman assisted fiber optical parametric amplifier with considerable benefits for S-band telecommunication systems where the use of widely used erbium-doped fiber amplifier is limited. We have created detailed models [...] Read more.
In this paper we present results from the study of optical signal amplification using Raman assisted fiber optical parametric amplifier with considerable benefits for S-band telecommunication systems where the use of widely used erbium-doped fiber amplifier is limited. We have created detailed models and performed computer simulations of combined Raman and fiber optical parametric amplification in a 16-channel 40 Gbps/channel wavelength division multiplexed transmission system. Achieved gain bandwidth, as well as transmission system parameters—signal-to-noise ratio and bit-error-ratio—were analyzed by comparing the Raman assisted fiber optical parametric amplifier to the single pump fiber optical parametric amplifier. Results show that the 3 dB gain bandwidth in the case of combined amplification is up to 0.2 THz wider with 1.9 dB difference between the lowest and highest gain. Full article
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Development of a Thulium Fiber Laser for an Atomic Spectroscopy Experiment
by Ronnie Currey, Ali Khademian and David Shiner
Fibers 2020, 8(2), 12; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib8020012 - 15 Feb 2020
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A convenient thulium fiber laser source is described with 3 W of output power operating at a wavelength of 2059 nm with a slope efficiency of 49% with respect to input pump power and 60% with respect to absorbed pump power. The laser [...] Read more.
A convenient thulium fiber laser source is described with 3 W of output power operating at a wavelength of 2059 nm with a slope efficiency of 49% with respect to input pump power and 60% with respect to absorbed pump power. The laser was applied in an atomic helium spectroscopy experiment to quench 3He (2058.63 nm) and 4He (2058.69 nm) meta-stable singlets (21S0), allowing for further investigation of the helium fine structure. The customized laser effectively eliminates the singlet counts to well below a background level (1%). A simplified analysis describes the basic laser performance with fitted constants in reasonable agreement with previous work. Full article
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Large Normal Dispersion Mode-Locked Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser
by Mincheng Tang, Geoffroy Granger, Fabien Lesparre, Hongjie Wang, Kai Qian, Caroline Lecaplain, Jean-Louis Oudar, Yves Jaouen, Renaud Gabet, Dmitry Gaponov, Mikhail Likhachev, Thomas Godin, Sébastien Février and Ammar Hideur
Fibers 2019, 7(11), 97; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib7110097 - 5 Nov 2019
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We report on a passively mode-locked oscillator based on an erbium-doped dual concentric core fiber combining high normal dispersion and large mode area. This large normal dispersion laser generates long pulses with 30 ps duration and 0.17 nm spectral width at 1530 nm [...] Read more.
We report on a passively mode-locked oscillator based on an erbium-doped dual concentric core fiber combining high normal dispersion and large mode area. This large normal dispersion laser generates long pulses with 30 ps duration and 0.17 nm spectral width at 1530 nm wavelength. The source delivers an average power of 64 mW at a repetition rate of 16 MHz, corresponding to 4 nJ energy. This concept opens up new degrees of freedom in the design of mode-locked fiber lasers. Full article
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Laser Sources Based on Rare-Earth Ion Doped Tellurite Glass Fibers and Microspheres
by Elena A. Anashkina
Fibers 2020, 8(5), 30; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib8050030 - 11 May 2020
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In recent years, huge progress has been made in the development of rare-earth ion doped tellurite glass laser sources, ranging from watt- and multiwatt-level fiber lasers to nanowatt level microsphere lasers. Significant success has been achieved in extending the spectral range of tellurite [...] Read more.
In recent years, huge progress has been made in the development of rare-earth ion doped tellurite glass laser sources, ranging from watt- and multiwatt-level fiber lasers to nanowatt level microsphere lasers. Significant success has been achieved in extending the spectral range of tellurite fiber lasers generating at wavelengths beyond 2 μm as well as in theoretical understanding. This review is aimed at discussing the state of the art of neodymium-, erbium-, thulium-, and holmium-doped tellurite glass fiber and microsphere lasers. Full article
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