Analysis of the characteristics of a fiber-optic ring resonator used as a Brillouin active delay line

Author

Levy, George F.

Author_Institution

Balliol Coll., Oxford, UK

Volume

13

Issue

7

fYear

1995

fDate

7/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1466

Lastpage

1470

Abstract

This paper investigates the characteristics of a fiber-optic ring resonator delay line illuminated by a monochromatic pump laser and a single monochromatic pulse of backward Stokes radiation. The amplitude stability of the output Stokes pulse trains is found to depend on laser pump power, laser phase coherence and the relative timing between the input of the Stokes and pump radiation. It is suggested that a Brillouin active delay line should be more stable than the corresponding Raman active delay line

Keywords

optical delay lines; optical fibre theory; optical pumping; optical resonators; photoluminescence; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin active delay line; amplitude stability; backward Stokes radiation; fiber-optic ring resonator; fiber-optic ring resonator delay line; laser phase coherence; laser pump power; monochromatic pump laser; output Stokes pulse trains; relative timing; single monochromatic pulse; Delay lines; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Optical pulses; Optical ring resonators; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.400713

Filename

400713