Stability enhancement for dual-order Raman fiber lasers

Author

Martinelli, Catherine ; Leplingard, Florence ; Borne, Sophie ; Bayart, Dominique ; Vanholsbeeck, Frédérique ; Coen, Stéphane ; Sylvestre, Thibaut

Author_Institution

Res. & Innovation Dept., Alcatel, Marcoussis, France

Volume

16

Issue

9

fYear

2004

Firstpage

2018

Lastpage

2020

Abstract

A new laser regime for second-order pumping applications is described. Our laser is a dual-output-wavelength Raman fiber laser that generates a low-power first-order-pump line and a high-power second-order-pump line together. We demonstrate how using four-wave mixing combined to Raman gain in the laser cavity permits better stability of the first-order-pump laser line.

Keywords

Raman lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser stability; multiwave mixing; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; Raman gain; dual-order Raman fiber lasers; four-wave mixing; high-power second-order-pump line; laser cavity; low-power first-order pump line; optical Kerr effect; optical fiber communication; optical fiber dispersion; second-order pumping; stability enhancement; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Power lasers; Power measurement; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.831546

Filename

1325218