Title :
Suppression of relative intensity noise in a Brillouin fiber laser by operation above second-order threshold
Author :
Dennis, Michael L. ; Callahan, Patrick T. ; Gross, Michael C.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Phys. Lab., Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate suppression of relative intensity noise by >;25 dB for the primary output of a stimulated Brillouin fiber laser by operating above the threshold for second-order stimulated Brillouin scattering.
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; fibre lasers; laser noise; relative intensity noise suppression; second-order stimulated Brillouin scattering; stimulated Brillouin fiber laser;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698740
