Optical fiber laser
US5734665A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/3519
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical fiber laser is disclosed capable of generating an ultrashort pulse which has intensive energy and is stable against polarization by using a sagnac loop mirror and a Faraday rotator mirror, which includes a light pumping laser diode; an erbium doped fiber-added optical fiber; a wavelength division multiplier fiber coupler; a dispersion shifted fiber; and an optical fiber directional coupler; a nonlinear amplifier loop mirror; a second polarization controller; a linear mirror having a Faraday rotator mirror for rotating the polarization plane of a proceeding light wave; and a directional coupler being connected between the nonlinear amplifier loop mirror and the linear mirror.
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