Title :
Theoretical and experimental investigations of an all-fibre Brillouin laser
Author :
Bayvel, Polina ; Halley, J. ; Kadiwar, R. ; Giles, I.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
An analytical theory which describes the operation of a Brillouin laser is presented. This theory explicitly predicts the threshold power, conversion efficiency, cavity gain, and the saturation regime in terms of the resonator parameters. The importance of having a very low loss, high finesse resonator is shown. It can be seen that by optimizing the coupling coefficient, loop length and the pump power, the conversion efficiency and the stability of the cavity can be maximized
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; optical fibres; optical losses; stimulated Brillouin scattering; all-fibre Brillouin laser; cavity gain; cavity stability; conversion efficiency; coupling coefficient; loop length; pump power; saturation regime; stimulated Brillouin scattering; threshold power;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
Conference_Location :
Brighton
