• DocumentCode
    1146562
  • Title

    Theory and design of double-cavity Raman fiber lasers

  • Author

    Krause, Michael ; Renner, Hagen

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    2474
  • Lastpage
    2483
  • Abstract
    We introduce the concept of the double-cavity Raman fiber laser (DC-RFL) with three Bragg gratings at the laser wavelength. In such RFLs, the threshold pump power and the conversion efficiency at large pump powers can be designed independently of each other, whereas in ordinary single-cavity RFLs these two optimization criteria collide. The particular behavior of DC-RFLs is interpreted, and a simple technique for the numerical simulation and an analytical relation for the threshold pump power of these devices are presented.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; Raman lasers; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser theory; optical design techniques; optical pumping; Bragg gratings; Raman lasers; conversion efficiency; double-cavity lasers; fiber lasers; laser design; laser theory; optimization; pump powers; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser theory; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber theory; Pump lasers; Double-cavity; Raman fiber laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.2005.850791
  • Filename
    1498952