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Investigation of the Brillouin effect in highly nonlinear hafnium bismuth erbium doped fiber
Author(s) -
Ahmad Aminah,
Cheng Xiau S.,
Paul Mukul C.,
Dhar Anirban,
Das Shyamal,
Ahmad Harith,
Harun Sulaiman W.
Publication year - 2019
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.31522
Subject(s) - materials science , fiber laser , bismuth , erbium , brillouin zone , optoelectronics , optics , brillouin scattering , laser , hafnium , doping , laser diode , fiber , laser power scaling , power (physics) , optical fiber , wavelength , diode , physics , zirconium , quantum mechanics , metallurgy , composite material
This paper demonstrates the generation of the Brillouin fiber laser (BFL) with 0.5 m long hafnium bismuth erbium doped fiber (HBEDF) as a hybrid gain medium. As the gain medium is pumped by a 980 nm laser diode at the power of 170 mW, a stable Stokes is observed at the output power of −2.96 dBm with Brillouin pump (BP) power of 3 dBm. The laser operates at wavelength shifted by 0.09 nm from the BP. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a compact BFL without employing any lengthy SMF, which features a simple cavity configuration.