Transverse Mode-Switchable Fiber Laser Based On A Photonic Lantern

Creator

Ning Wang, University of Central Florida
J. C. Alvarado Zacarias, University of Central Florida
J. Enrique Antonio-Lopez, University of Central Florida
Z. Sanjabi Eznaveh, University of Central Florida
Cedric Gonnet, Prysmian Group

Abstract

We propose and experimentally demonstrate an intra-cavity transverse mode-switchable fiber laser based on a mode-selective photonic lantern and a few-mode Er-doped fiber amplifier. The six lowest-order LP modes can lase independently and are switchable by changing the input port of the photonic lantern. We measured the slope efficiency, mode intensity profile, and optical spectrum of each lasing mode. In addition, we demonstrate donut-shaped LP11 and LP21 modes using incoherent superposition and simultaneous lasing of the two degenerate modes.

Publication Date

12-10-2018

Publication Title

Optics Express

Volume

26

Issue

25

Number of Pages

32777-32787

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.032777

Copyright Status

Unknown

Socpus ID

85058141936 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85058141936

STARS Citation

Wang, Ning; Alvarado Zacarias, J. C.; Enrique Antonio-Lopez, J.; Sanjabi Eznaveh, Z.; and Gonnet, Cedric, "Transverse Mode-Switchable Fiber Laser Based On A Photonic Lantern" (2018). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 9602.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/9602