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Linear cavity Brillouin fiber laser using a fiber Bragg grating
Author(s) -
Ahmad H.,
Shirazi M. R.,
Biglary M.,
Harun S. W.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.23077
Subject(s) - fiber bragg grating , laser linewidth , optics , materials science , fiber laser , brillouin scattering , phosfos , laser , optical fiber , brillouin zone , optoelectronics , polarization maintaining optical fiber , fiber optic sensor , physics
An efficient linear cavity Brillouin fiber laser (BFL) is demonstrated using a standard single mode fibre (SMF), an optical coupler and a fiber Bragg grating (FBG). The laser peak is obtained at −4.5 dBm with a Brillouin pump of 14 dBm. The use of a 99/1 optical coupler shows the highest output because of the low loss in the cavity. The BFLs can be used to reduce the laser linewidth and technical noise. PACS: 42.60.Da; 42.81.−i; 42.81.Wg; 42.81.Uv © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 265–266, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23077