Investigation on random distributed feedback Raman fiber laser with linear polarized output

A random distributed feedback fiber laser with linear polarized output at 1178 nm is presented. Linear polarization is realized by fiber coiling in a half-opened cavity of a polarization maintaining random fiber laser structure. The single linear polarization laser output power reaches ∼3  W with polarization extinction ratio >14  dB. Further investigations on the coiling technique and additional feedback are also studied. So far as we know, this is the first reported linear polarized random distributed feedback Raman fiber laser.

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