Brillouin Lasing with a Reduced Self-Pulsing Characteristic Using a Short-Length Erbium-Doped Fiber as the Nonlinear Gain Medium

A single-wavelength Brillouin laser is demonstrated by using a 3-m-long erbium doped fiber (EDF) in a ring cavity. The EDF is used to provide both nonlinear and linear gains to generate a stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) and to amplify the generated SBS, respectively. The Brillouin erbium fiber...

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Main Authors: Zarei, A., Rosdin, R.Z.R.R., Ali, N.M., Ahmad, Harith, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
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Published: Institute of Physics 2014
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author Zarei, A.
Rosdin, R.Z.R.R.
Ali, N.M.
Ahmad, Harith
Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
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Rosdin, R.Z.R.R.
Ali, N.M.
Ahmad, Harith
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description A single-wavelength Brillouin laser is demonstrated by using a 3-m-long erbium doped fiber (EDF) in a ring cavity. The EDF is used to provide both nonlinear and linear gains to generate a stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) and to amplify the generated SBS, respectively. The Brillouin erbium fiber laser (BEFL) operates at 1561.5 nm, where the operating wavelength is up-shifted by 0.08nm from the Brillouin pump. The operation wavelength is also tunable within 1560.6–1562.6 nm. The BEFL also shows a self-pulsing characteristic with repetition of 66.7 kHz when the BP is set around the threshold pump power of 13mW. Compared to the conventional Brillouin fiber laser with a long cavity length, the proposed BEFL exhibits a significantly lower amplitude of pulse. This laser has many potential applications, such as in optical communication and sensors.
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spelling um.eprints-143132018-10-09T05:21:27Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/14313/ Brillouin Lasing with a Reduced Self-Pulsing Characteristic Using a Short-Length Erbium-Doped Fiber as the Nonlinear Gain Medium Zarei, A. Rosdin, R.Z.R.R. Ali, N.M. Ahmad, Harith Harun, Sulaiman Wadi QC Physics TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering A single-wavelength Brillouin laser is demonstrated by using a 3-m-long erbium doped fiber (EDF) in a ring cavity. The EDF is used to provide both nonlinear and linear gains to generate a stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) and to amplify the generated SBS, respectively. The Brillouin erbium fiber laser (BEFL) operates at 1561.5 nm, where the operating wavelength is up-shifted by 0.08nm from the Brillouin pump. The operation wavelength is also tunable within 1560.6–1562.6 nm. The BEFL also shows a self-pulsing characteristic with repetition of 66.7 kHz when the BP is set around the threshold pump power of 13mW. Compared to the conventional Brillouin fiber laser with a long cavity length, the proposed BEFL exhibits a significantly lower amplitude of pulse. This laser has many potential applications, such as in optical communication and sensors. Institute of Physics 2014 Article PeerReviewed Zarei, A. and Rosdin, R.Z.R.R. and Ali, N.M. and Ahmad, Harith and Harun, Sulaiman Wadi (2014) Brillouin Lasing with a Reduced Self-Pulsing Characteristic Using a Short-Length Erbium-Doped Fiber as the Nonlinear Gain Medium. Chinese Physics Letters, 31 (5). pp. 1-4. ISSN 0256-307X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/31/5/054202 <https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/31/5/054202>. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0256-307X/31/5/054202/meta DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/31/5/054202
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Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
Brillouin Lasing with a Reduced Self-Pulsing Characteristic Using a Short-Length Erbium-Doped Fiber as the Nonlinear Gain Medium
title Brillouin Lasing with a Reduced Self-Pulsing Characteristic Using a Short-Length Erbium-Doped Fiber as the Nonlinear Gain Medium
title_full Brillouin Lasing with a Reduced Self-Pulsing Characteristic Using a Short-Length Erbium-Doped Fiber as the Nonlinear Gain Medium
title_fullStr Brillouin Lasing with a Reduced Self-Pulsing Characteristic Using a Short-Length Erbium-Doped Fiber as the Nonlinear Gain Medium
title_full_unstemmed Brillouin Lasing with a Reduced Self-Pulsing Characteristic Using a Short-Length Erbium-Doped Fiber as the Nonlinear Gain Medium
title_short Brillouin Lasing with a Reduced Self-Pulsing Characteristic Using a Short-Length Erbium-Doped Fiber as the Nonlinear Gain Medium
title_sort brillouin lasing with a reduced self pulsing characteristic using a short length erbium doped fiber as the nonlinear gain medium
topic QC Physics
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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