Fiber Laser - Design and Manufacture

Design and Manufacture

See also: Laser construction

Unlike most other types of lasers, the laser cavity in fiber lasers is constructed monolithically by fusion splicing different types of fiber; fiber Bragg gratings replace conventional dielectric mirrors to provide optical feedback. Another type is the single longitudinal mode operation of ultra narrow distributed feedback lasers (DFB) where a phase-shifted Bragg grating overlap the gain medium. Fiber lasers are pumped by semiconductor laser diodes or by other fiber lasers.

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