High-Power and Widely Tunable All-Fiber Raman Laser

Author

Bélanger, Erik ; Bernier, Martin ; Faucher, Dominic ; Côté, Daniel ; Vallée, Réal

Author_Institution

Centre d´´Opt., Photonique et Laser, Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC

Volume

26

Issue

12

fYear

2008

fDate

6/15/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1696

Lastpage

1701

Abstract

A high-power and widely tunable all-fiber Raman laser is demonstrated. The Raman fiber laser has been tuned over a range of 60 nm from 1075 to 1135 nm and delivers up to 5.0 W of Stokes output power for 6.5 W of launched pump power. Efficiencies ranging from 76.1 to 93.1% and laser thresholds from 0.78 to 2.59 W have been measured. The spectrum of the depolarized Raman gain coefficient of the germanosilicate fiber has also been inferred from our experimental measurements.

Keywords

Raman lasers; fibre lasers; germanium compounds; laser beams; laser tuning; silicon compounds; GeO₂-SiO₂; depolarized Raman gain coefficient; efficiency 76.1 percent to 93.1 percent; germanosilicate fiber; laser threshold; power 5 W; power 6.5 W; tunable all-fiber Raman laser; wavelength 1075 nm to 1135 nm; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser tuning; Optical losses; Optical tuning; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; Tunable circuits and devices; All-fiber lasers; Raman fiber lasers; fiber lasers; tunable Raman fiber lasers; tunable all-fiber lasers; tunable fiber lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2008.922337

Filename

4542950