Narrow bandwidth optimization using a polymer microring resonator in a thulium–holmium fiber laser cavity
A thulium–holmium fiber (THDF) laser cavity has been demonstrated with a SU-8 polymer microring resonator (PMRR) in the cavity. The PMRR has a 500 μm radius and fabricated using the lithography method, with the SU-8 polymer acting as a host material. The butt coupling method was used for the horizon...
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Elsevier B.V.
2020
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/82014/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/82014/1/80214_Narrow%20Bandwidth%20Optimization.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/82014/2/80214_Narrow%20Bandwidth%20Optimization_SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/82014/3/80214_Narrow%20Bandwidth%20Optimization_WOS.pdf |
| Summary: | A thulium–holmium fiber (THDF) laser cavity has been demonstrated with a SU-8 polymer microring resonator (PMRR) in the cavity. The PMRR has a 500 μm radius and fabricated using the lithography method, with the SU-8 polymer acting as a host material. The butt coupling method was used for the horizontal coupling of light from a ultra-high numerical aperture (UHNA) fiber to the polymer waveguide. Lasing in the cavity without the PMRR is obtained at a center wavelength of 1.910 μm, 1.869 μm when the PMMR is inserted into the cavity. A maximum power of -5 dBm was extracted from the laser oscillator, and the laser linewidth was measured to be ∼26.6 kHz by radio-frequency spectrum analyzer analysis. The PMRR was able to generate an output with a free spectral range of 0.79 μm at a frequency of 59.25 GHz. |
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