• DocumentCode
    515806
  • Title

    Single-frequency hybrid Brillouin/ytterbium fiber laser with 1-W output power

  • Author

    Guan, W. ; Marciante, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Laser Energetics, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    21-25 March 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A high-power hybrid Brillouin/ytterbium fiber laser is demonstrated with an output power of 1 W. The laser operates in the single-frequency regime with an optical signal-to-noise ratio greater than 55 dB in a 0.1-nm bandwidth.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; gain bandwidth; high-power fiber laser; hybrid Brillouin/ytterbium fiber laser; optical signal-to-noise ratio; power 1 W; single-frequency laser; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical coupling; Optical noise; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Signal to noise ratio; Ytterbium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5465517