• DocumentCode
    733971
  • Title

    SBS suppression in nanosecond fiber amplifier with controlled frequency chirp

  • Author

    Ionov, Pavel ; Di Teodoro, Fabio ; Rose, Todd

  • Author_Institution
    Aerosp. Corp., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We observe a nearly 9-fold increase in the SBS threshold for a pulsed Yb fiber amplifier by applying a linear frequency-chirp to the input seed pulse. The chirp is achieved by pulse driving a phase modulator. SBS threshold data and transient SBS gain for various degrees of chirp are reported.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; optical control; optical fibre amplifiers; phase modulation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; ytterbium; SBS suppression; SBS threshold data; controlled frequency chirp; linear frequency-chirp; nanosecond fiber amplifier; phase modulator; pulsed ytterbium fiber amplifier; Chirp; Gain; Modulation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Scattering; Transient analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184415