Title :
Single-mode operation of a multi-mode fiber Raman laser
Author :
Sung-Hyun Baek ; Crookston, Matthew B. ; Roh, Won B.
Author_Institution :
Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Abstract :
This paper reports the first demonstration of single-mode operation of a Raman fiber laser (RFL) that uses a multi-mode fiber as the Raman gain medium. The single-mode operation is achieved by exploiting the beam cleanup properties of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in multi-mode fibers, and provides a simpler and more efficient means of developing Raman fiber lasers.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser modes; optical fibres; stimulated Raman scattering; Raman gain medium; beam cleanup properties; multimode fiber Raman laser; single-mode operation; stimulated Raman scattering; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251625
