• DocumentCode
    670956
  • Title

    6 mW and 30 mW laser threshold for respectively 1st and 2nd Brillouin Stokes order in a Ge10As24Se68 chalcogenide fiber

  • Author

    Tow, K. Hey ; Leguillon, Y. ; Besnard, P. ; Brilland, L. ; Mechin, D. ; Tregoat, D. ; Troles, J. ; Toupin, Perrine

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    16-20 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A compact second-order Stokes Brillouin fiber laser made of microstructured chalcogenide glass is reported for the first time. This laser has very low optical pump-power threshold for Stokes conversion: 6 mW for first order and only 30 mW for second order with nonresonant pumping.
  • Keywords
    arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; fibre lasers; germanium compounds; holey fibres; optical glass; optical pumping; selenium compounds; Brillouin Stokes order; Ge10As24Se68; Stokes conversion; chalcogenide fiber; compact second-order Stokes Brillouin fiber laser; laser threshold; microstructured chalcogenide glass; nonresonant pumping; optical pump-power threshold; power 30 mW; power 6 mW; Cavity resonators; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Pump lasers; Scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6706217