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Effect of active fiber birefringence on polarization properties of DBR all-fiber laser

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The polarization properties of a distribute Bragg reflective (DBR) all-fiber laser configured with a common single mode high-reflectivity fiber Bragg grating (SM-FBG) and a polarization-maintaining fiber Bragg grating (PM-FBG) are analyzed theoretically and investigated experimentally. Matching the reflective peak of SM-FBG with one of the PM-FBG reflective peaks in an ideal active fiber (without birefringence) would yield a linear polarization light. However, the polarization properties of a fiber laser become very complex when a birefringence is induced into the active fiber. Different polarization properties (linear polarization, elliptical polarization, or circular polarization) of the fiber laser appear with the variation of the birefringence. Two perpendicular axes in the active fiber induced by the birefringence effect must be matched with that of PMFBG to realize the linear polarization output.

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  1. Shanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-State Laser and Applied Techniques, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China

    F. Yang, Z. Q. Pan, Q. Ye, D. J. Chen, H. W. Cai & R. H. Qu

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Yang, F., Pan, Z.Q., Ye, Q. et al. Effect of active fiber birefringence on polarization properties of DBR all-fiber laser. Laser Phys. 22, 778–783 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X12040287

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