Investigation of the Brillouin effect in highly nonlinear hafnium bismuth erbium doped fiber. Issue 1 (23rd November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ahmad, Aminah; Cheng, Xiau S.; Paul, Mukul C.; Dhar, Anirban; Das, Shyamal; Ahmad, Harith; Harun, Sulaiman W.
• Is Part Of: Microwave and optical technology letters. Volume 61:Issue 1(2019:Jan.)
• Page Start: 173
• Page End: 177
• Publication Date: 2018-11-23
• Subjects: Brillouin fiber laser -- hafnium bismuth erbium doped fiber -- stimulated Brillouin scattering; Microwaves -- Periodicals; Optics -- Periodicals; 621
• DOI: 10.1002/mop.31522
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0895-2477

Abstract

Abstract: This paper demonstrates the generation of the Brillouin fiber laser (BFL) with 0.5 m long hafnium bismuth erbium doped fiber (HBEDF) as a hybrid gain medium. As the gain medium is pumped by a 980 nm laser diode at the power of 170 mW, a stable Stokes is observed at the output power of −2.96 dBm with Brillouin pump (BP) power of 3 dBm. The laser operates at wavelength shifted by 0.09 nm from the BP. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a compact BFL without employing any lengthy SMF, which features a simple cavity configuration.