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Author: Becker, Martin × Has files: Yes × Type: Text × Publisher: Washington D.C. : Optical Society of America × WGL Institute: IPHT ×

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    Two-Step-Model of Photosensitivity in Cerium-doped Fibers
    (Washington D.C. : Optical Society of America, 2019) Elsmann, Tino; Becker, Martin; Olusoji, Olugbenga; Unger, Sonja; Wondraczek, Katrin; Aichele, Claudia; Lindner, Florian; Schwuchow, Anka; Nold, Johannes; Rothhardt, Manfred
    The photosensitivity of various cerium-doped fibers has been experimentally investigated for both excimer- and femtosecond-laser illumination. The results of single-pulse, few-pulse and multi-pulse inscription of fiber-Bragg-gratings with both laser systems and the thermal aging of those gratings demonstrated the restrictions of the conventional color center model for cerium-doped fibers. To explain the short-term stability of single-pulse gratings against long-term stability of multi-pulse gratings, an extension into a two-step-model was deduced.
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    Independently tunable dual-wavelength fiber oscillator with synchronized pulsed emission based on a theta ring cavity and a fiber Bragg grating array
    (Washington D.C. : Optical Society of America, 2017) Tiess, Tobias; Becker, Martin; Rothhardt, Manfred; Bartelt, Hartmut; Jäger, Matthias
    We present a fiber-integrated laser enabling independent tuning of two emission wavelengths with a synchronized pulsed emission. The discrete tuning concept comprises a theta cavity fiber laser (TCFL), a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) array as a versatile spectral filter, facilitating tailored tuning ranges, and optical gating to control the emission spectrum. A novel electrical driving scheme uniquely enables independently tunable multi-wavelength emission from a single laser oscillator. Tunable dual-wavelength emission is experimentally investigated with a ytterbium (Yb)-doped TCFL using an FBG array with 11 gratings. Over a tuning range of 25 nm, 55 wavelength pairs have been demonstrated with high signal contrast (≈ 40 dB) and narrow linewidth (< 40GHz). Based on the demands of prospective applications, pulse synchronicity is studied with a fiber-based time-delay spectrometer (TDS) simultaneously measuring the joint temporal and spectral pulse properties down to a single-pulse analysis. Accordingly, tunable and fully synchronized dual-wavelength emissions have been verified by driving the TCFL with optimized electrical gating parameters. This unique operation mode achieved in a cost-efficient fiber-integrated laser design targets novel applications e.g. in nonlinear spectroscopy and biophotonics.