Title :
Extremely transient pulses from a Brillouin fiber laser
Author :
Mirtchev, T.P. ; Minkovski, N.I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Quantum Electron., Fac. of Phys., Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract :
Stable trains of Stokes pulses with the unusually short duration of approximately=200 ps were obtained, using a simple Brillouin fiber ring laser with standard single-mode, Ge-doped fiber. They were achieved by confining the fiber in the resonator, which resulted in reduced threshold and increased output power. This threshold reduction nontrivially allowed substantially shorter pump pulses (500-100 ps) to be used, and, as a result, extremely short Stokes pulses were generated.<>
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; ring lasers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; 200 ps; 500 to 100 ps; Brillouin fiber laser; SBS; Stoke pulse stable trains; extremely transient pulses; output power; resonator; ring laser; single mode Ge doped fibre; threshold; Acoustic pulses; Brillouin scattering; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Ring lasers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
