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A new, simple and efficient L-band erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser with polarization-maintaining ring cavity is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The laser offers the unique advantage of being a polarization-maintaining lasing, which meets the requirement of external electronic-optical intensity modulation for DWDM communication and interferometric fiber sensors. Theory has been established. Experimental results are given to show that the laser has long-term stability over a couple of hours with 35 dB signal-to-noise ratio at 1598.644 nm and tunable from 1572.167 to 1608.480 nm.
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Zhou, K.J., Zheng, W. L-band erbium-doped fiber laser with polarization-maintaining ring cavity. Laser Phys. 20, 1632–1635 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X10130244
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