title: Stable high-power continuous-wave Yb(3+)-doped silica fiber laser utilizing a point-by-point inscribed fiber Bragg grating.
abstract: We report on a narrowband 5 W cw fiber laser incorporating a point-by-point fiber Bragg grating inscribed into the core of a Yb(3+)-doped double-clad fiber. The laser featured excellent long-term wavelength and power stability (0.3%), as well as a very narrow (15 pm) linewidth, when passive temperature stabilization of the grating was implemented.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Centre for Lasers and Applications (CLA), Department of Physics, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales 2109, Australia. njovanov@ics.mq.edu.au
authors.forename: Nemanja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jovanovic
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fuerbach
authors.forename: Graham D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Withford
authors.forename: Stuart D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Jackson