Dynamics of passive Q-switching in SBS/Er fiber laser at low-pump-power

Andrei A. Fotiadi; Olivier Deparis; Roman V. Kiyan; Stanislav Chernikov; Aris Ikiades

doi:10.1117/12.418818

9 March 2001 Dynamics of passive Q-switching in SBS/Er fiber laser at low-pump-power

Andrei A. Fotiadi, Olivier Deparis, Roman V. Kiyan, Stanislav Chernikov, Aris Ikiades

Proceedings Volume 4354, Laser Optics 2000: Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Communication; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.418818
Event: Laser Optics 2000, 2000, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

We observed and investigated self-starting quasi-periodic pulsation in Er-doped fiber laser at 30 - 100 mW pump power. Pulse with duration of 10 - 50 ns and peak power of 50 - 200 W are generated at a quite stable repetition rate in the range of 300 - 500 microsecond(s) . In contrast with previous experiments the pump level in our experiment is significantly lower. At this low pump power we found no nonlinear effect except SBS influencing on the laser dynamics. The experimental results were explained by a theoretical model based on cooperative dynamics of Rayleigh backscattering and Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS). Using digital oscilloscope, we traced in details different stages of Q-switching pulse formation process: growth of the spontaneous radiation, lasing due to Rayleigh backscattering, appearance and growth of the first order SBS Stokes radiation and the second order Stokes radiation, lasing suppression due to saturation of the population inversion in Er-doped fiber by the SBS Stokes radiation. Good agreement between theory and experiment have been demonstrated.

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Andrei A. Fotiadi, Olivier Deparis, Roman V. Kiyan, Stanislav Chernikov, and Aris Ikiades "Dynamics of passive Q-switching in SBS/Er fiber laser at low-pump-power", Proc. SPIE 4354, Laser Optics 2000: Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Communication, (9 March 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.418818

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