Title :
Linewidth narrowing in semiconductor laser pumped all-fibre Brillouin ring laser
Author :
Bayvel, Polina ; Giles, Ian P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
Brillouin lasing in an all-fibre ring resonator made of polarisation-maintaining fibre using a semiconductor laser pump at 830 nm is reported. The stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) lasing threshold is 0.91 mW, and the Stokes output is polarised and exhibits linewidth narrowing.
Keywords :
fibre optics; optical pumping; ring lasers; solid lasers; spectral line breadth; stimulated Brillouin scattering; 0.91 mW; 830 nm; Stokes output; all-fibre Brillouin ring laser; lasing threshold; linewidth narrowing; polarisation-maintaining fibre; ring resonator; semiconductor laser pumped; stimulated Brillouin scattering;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19890182
