Virtual FBGs using saturable absorbers for sensing with fiber lasers

The spectral narrowing of Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) introduced by unpumped Er-doped fiber (EDF) was analyzed for fiber lasers (FL). Owing to spatial hole burning (SHB), the spectral response of a virtual FBG can be employed for narrowing the band pass filter employed to determine the lasing wavele...

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Autores: Rodríguez Cobo, Luis|||0000-0002-2068-2956, Pérez Herrera, Rosa Ana, Quintela Incera, María Ángeles|||0000-0002-6776-0325, Ruiz Lombera, Rubén|||0000-0002-4604-5787, López-Amo Sainz, Manuel, López Higuera, José Miguel|||0000-0002-8615-8487
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositório:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/14952
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/14952
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Fiber bragg gratings
Erbium doped fibers
Fiber lasers
Single-mode laser
Temperature sensor
Fiber optics sensors
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Resumo:The spectral narrowing of Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) introduced by unpumped Er-doped fiber (EDF) was analyzed for fiber lasers (FL). Owing to spatial hole burning (SHB), the spectral response of a virtual FBG can be employed for narrowing the band pass filter employed to determine the lasing wavelength of laser cavities. A common FL was mounted to analyze the spectral stability of the method, and a FL sensor for strain and temperature measurements was experimentally characterized to determine the stability of the narrowing effect achieved by the unpumped EDF, which acts as a virtual FBG. The results exhibited remarkably good narrowing effects of the spectral response of uniform FBGs.