Broad-range self-sweeping single-frequency linearly polarized Tm-doped fiber laser.

We experimentally demonstrate a linearly polarized Tm-doped fiber laser with sweeping range up to 26 nm in the region of 1.92 µm. The main feature of the laser is generation of periodic microsecond pulses in which each contains practically only single longitudinal mode radiation. The laser frequency changes from pulse to pulse with high linearity by one intermode beating frequency of the laser ∼8 MHz. The developed source is applied to measure spectrum of water absorption lines in air.

Raman fiber laser with random distributed feedback based on a twin-core fiber.

An operation of a linearly polarized Raman fiber laser with random distributed feedback based on a polarization-maintaining twin-core fiber (TCF) is demonstrated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. The results indicate that the TCF allows one to obtain laser generation with a linewidth that is about five times smaller than that for the random laser based on a conventional fiber with similar parameters. The reasons for narrowing include both the weakening of nonlinear effects due to the power density reduction and the spectrally selective properties of the TCF.