Investigation of Brillouin effects in small-core holey optical fiber: Lasing and scattering

Ju Han Lee; Zulfadzli Yusoff; Walter Belardi; Morten Ibsen; Tanya M. Monro; David J. Richardson

doi:10.1364/OL.27.000927

Investigation of Brillouin effects in small-core holey optical fiber: Lasing and scattering

Ju Han Lee, Zulfadzli Yusoff, Walter Belardi, Morten Ibsen, Tanya M. Monro, David J. Richardson

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Southampton

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Abstract

We demonstrate for what is believed to be the first time a Brillouin laser based on a holey fiber (HF). Using a simple Fabry-Perot resonator scheme containing a 73.5-m-long highly nonlinear HF with an effective area of 2.85 μm², we obtain a threshold of 125 mW and a slope efficiency of ∼70%. Stimulated and spontaneous Brillouin scattering effects are investigated in the HF, and we show that the high lasing threshold is due mainly to reduction of the effective gain coefficient caused by structural nonuniformity along the fiber length.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	927-929
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	27
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.27.000927
State	Published - 1 Jun 2002

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