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High-stable, double-pass forward superfluorescent fiber source based on erbium-doped photonic crystal fiber

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A double-pass forward configuration superfluorescent fiber source (SFS) based on erbium-doped photonic crystal fiber (EDPCF) with a high intrinsic mean wavelength stability is presented. The main factors of SFS instability with temperature variation are analyzed. Optimization of the high-stable SFS is achieved by combining high-performance EDPCF, optimal fiber length, and source structure with fine-tuning pump power. The temperature dependence of the SFS mean wavelength has been reduced to below 0.077 ppm/°C with temperature variation from 70 to −40 °C. To the best of our knowledge, this value is the closest to 0 ppm/°C in the reported references, and these new developments probably constitute an important step for high-accuracy interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope sources.

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The authors would like to acknowledge Wu Han FiberHome Telecommunication Technologies Co. Ltd. for providing the fiber used in this work.

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    Xu Wu, Cheng-xiang Liu & Shuang-chen Ruan

  2. College of Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, People’s Republic of China

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Wu, X., Zhang, L., Liu, Cx. et al. High-stable, double-pass forward superfluorescent fiber source based on erbium-doped photonic crystal fiber. Appl. Phys. B 114, 433–438 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-013-5537-8

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