Low temperature spectrum of a fiber loop laser
Optics
2023-01-04 v1 Pattern Formation and Solitons
Quantum Physics
Abstract
Fiber-based multi-wavelength lasers have a variety of important applications in telecommunication and meteorology. We experimentally study a fiber loop laser with an integrated Erbium doped fiber (EDF). The output optical spectrum is measured as a function of the EDF temperature. We find that below a critical temperature of about 10\unit{% K} the measured optical spectrum exhibits a sequence of narrow and unequally-spaced peaks. An intriguing connection between the peaks' wavelengths and the sequence of prime numbers is discussed. An hypothesis, which attributes the comb formation to intermode coupling, is explored.
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@article{arxiv.2212.01759,
title = {Low temperature spectrum of a fiber loop laser},
author = {Eyal Buks},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.01759},
year = {2023}
}