Title :
Actively stabilized Brillouin fiber laser with high output power and low noise
Author :
Geng, Jihong ; Staines, Sean ; Wang, Zuolan ; Zong, Jie ; Blake, Mike ; Jiang, Shibin
Author_Institution :
NP Photonics, Inc., Tucson, AZ
Abstract :
We demonstrate an actively stabilized Brillouin fiber ring laser with high power and low noise. Significant reduction (~20 dB) of both relative intensity noise (RIN) and frequency noise was observed in the Brillouin Stokes radiation with linewidth of 200 Hz
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser noise; laser stability; ring lasers; Brillouin Stokes radiation; Brillouin fiber laser; active stabilization; frequency noise; high-output-power laser; low-noise laser; relative intensity noise; ring laser; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Laser noise; Laser stability; Optical fibers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215693
