Title :
Distributed feedback fiber laser employing Brillouin gain
Author :
Abedin, Kazi S. ; Westbrook, Paul S. ; Nicholson, Jeffrey W. ; Porque, Jerome ; Kremp, Tristan ; Liu, Xiaoping
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A single frequency distributed feedback Brillouin fiber laser exhibiting a threshold of 30 mW, and pump-to-Stokes conversion efficiency of 27% is shown. The Brillouin laser operates over a pump frequency detuning range exceeding 1 GHz.
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; distributed feedback lasers; fibre lasers; laser tuning; Brillouin gain; detuning range; distributed feedback fiber laser; pump frequency; pump-to-Stokes conversion efficiency; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Pump lasers; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
