A novel single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) erbium-doped fiber laser with a simple linear cavity based on a fiber Bragg grating
Fabry-Perot filter (FBG-FPF) and a narrowband (∼0.06 nm) FBG is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. Two uniform FBGs
form the FBG-FPF, which has two ultranarrow transmission bands with a bandwidth of 0.12 pm and a wavelength spacing of 0.095
nm. By slightly tuning the central wavelength of the narrowband FBG, SLM lasing at 1549.658 or 1549.563 nm (corresponding
to the two transmission peaks of the FBG-FPF) is achieved with a laser output power of ∼4 mW, when the pump power is ∼75 mW.
PACS numbers 42.55.Wd - 42.81.-i - 84.30.Vn
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