Linear cavity Brillouin fiber laser with improved characteristics

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Abstract

A configuration for linear cavity Brillouin fiber laser (BFL) generation is demonstrated using a standard single-mode fiber, two optical circulators, a 3 dB coupler, and a 95/5 coupler to allow high efficiency. With a Brillouin pump (BP) power of 13 dBm, the laser peak power is 12.3 dB higher than a conventional linear cavity BFL at an upshifted wavelength of 0.086 nm from the BP wavelength. In addition, it is revealed that the BFL peak power can be higher than the transmitted BF peak power when the BF power exceeds the second Brillouin Stokes threshold power.

Keywords

Brillouin scattering, Light transmission, Optical design, Pumping (laser), Single mode fibers, Wavelength

Divisions

fac_eng,PHYSICS

Publication Title

Optics Letters

Volume

33

Issue

8

Publisher

Optical Society of America

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