Stabilization of a stimulated Brillouin fiber ring laser by strong pump modulation

Journal Article · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · J. Opt. Soc. Am. B: Opt. Phys.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.6.000300· OSTI ID:6415050

Botineau, J; Leycuras, C; Montes, C; Picholle, E

A stable train of compressed Stokes pulses (to approx.10 nsec) is obtained in a stimulated Brillouin fiber ring laser (of length L = 83 m) by periodically interrupting the argon-ion cw pump beam with an intraring cavity acousto-optic modulator. Interruption of the pump action, at each round-trip time t/sub r/approx. =Ln/c, permits damping of the excited sound waves that accumulate at the entry of the fiber owing to the inertial response of the material, well described by the coherent three-wave stimulated Brillouin scattering model (C3W-SBS equations). Amplification and compression of the backscattered Stokes pulse are limited by nonlinear optical Kerr effect, which is incorporated into the C3W-SBS equations.

• Research Organization: Laboratoire de Physique de la Matiere Condensee, Universite de Nice, Parc Valrose, 06034 Nice Cedex, France
• OSTI ID: 6415050
• Journal Information: J. Opt. Soc. Am. B: Opt. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Opt. Soc. Am. B: Opt. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 6:3; ISSN JOBPD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
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PULSES
PUMPING
RING LASERS
SCATTERING
STABILIZATION