Abstract
Narrow linewidth fiber lasers have become more and more necessary in field of coherent communication, fiber optic sensor, and high resolutions optical spectrum analysis, especially long-range distributed fiber sensing system. In this paper, a simple and stable narrow linewidth Er 3+ -doped ring fiber laser is first proposed and experimentally demonstrated. In the cavity, a passive fiber Bragg grating Fabry-Perot (FBG F-P) etalon acts as mode-selecting device to greatly reduce the longitudinal-mode density, while a section un-pumped Er 3+ -doped fiber serves as a saturable absorber to ensure the single longitudinal-mode (SLM) operation. Meanwhile the stability of lasing frequency is further improved by controlling the temperature of the FBG F-P, and then through varying the temperature the lasing wavelength tuning is achieved also. Finally stable SLM laser at 1550nm with linewidth about 7.5 kHz, maximum output power 39 mW and the corresponding slope efficiency 30% is acquired.
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