• DocumentCode
    1297929
  • Title

    High output power, narrow linewidth brillouin fibre laser master-oscillator/power-amplifier source

  • Author

    Ahmad, Harith ; Moghaddam, M.R.A. ; Arof, Hamzah ; Harun, Sulaiman Wadi

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    8/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    181
  • Lastpage
    183
  • Abstract
    A high output power and narrow linewidth Brillouin fibre laser source is demonstrated with an output power of 400 mW by a master-oscillator/power-ampliner system. The laser has a linewidth of 10 kHz, optical signal-to-noise ratio of 45 dB, cladding pumping power threshold of 300 mW and a tunable output from 1548.5 to 1565 nm. The slope efficiency of 1557.4 nm signal improves from 8.7 to 12% with the increase of the input signal power from -10 to 5 dBm.
  • Keywords
    Brillouin spectra; light sources; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; power amplifiers; Brillouin fibre laser; frequency 10 kHz; master-oscillator/power-ampliner system; optical signal-to-noise ratio; power 300 mW; power 400 mW; wavelength 1548.5 nm to 1565 nm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Optoelectronics, IET
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1751-8768
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/iet-opt.2010.0078
  • Filename
    5984718