DocumentCode
982317
Title
Passive Q-switching in all-fibre Raman laser with distributed Rayleigh feedback
Author
Ravet, G. ; Fotiadi, A.A. ; Blondel, M. ; Mégret, P.
Author_Institution
Service d´´Electro-magnetisme et de Telecommun., Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium
Volume
40
Issue
9
fYear
2004
fDate
4/29/2004 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
528
Lastpage
529
Abstract
The experimental demonstration of the all-fibre passive Q-switching operation of a Raman fibre laser is reported. Giant pulses around 1550 nm with a peak power of 1 kW and pulse duration down to 1 ns were obtained with a 10 km-long fibre cavity pumped by a 2.4 W continuous-wave fibre laser source. Reported experimental data indicate that Rayleigh, Brillouin and Raman scatterings are all involved in the pulse generation process.
Keywords
Brillouin spectra; Q-switching; Raman lasers; Raman spectra; Rayleigh scattering; distributed feedback lasers; fibre lasers; optical pulse generation; 1 kW; 1550 nm; Brillouin scattering; Raman fibre laser; Raman scattering; all-fibre passive Q-switching operation; continuous wave fibre laser source; distributed Rayleigh feedback; pulse generation process;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20040390
Filename
1296971
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