Hybrid Brillouin/erbium fiber laser
- Sydney University Electrical Engineering and Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre, Building J03, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006 (Australia)
- Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre, 101 National Innovation Centre, Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, NSW 1430 (Australia)
We propose and demonstrate a novel hybrid Brillouin/erbium fiber laser that uses both Brillouin gain in single-mode optical fiber and gain in erbium-doped fiber. The lasing frequency was accurately determined by the Brillouin shift in single-mode optical fiber and was 10.35GHz from the Brillouin pump. Large powers could be extracted because of incorporation of erbium-doped fiber in the laser resonator. An output power of 10mW was measured at a wavelength of 1532nm. {copyright} {ital 1996 Optical Society of America.}
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 434694
- Journal Information:
- Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 21; ISSN 0146-9592; ISSN OPLEDP
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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