Highly efficient free running cascaded Raman fiber laser that uses broadband pumping

Yucheng Zhao; Stuart D. Jackson

doi:10.1364/OPEX.13.004731

Highly efficient free running cascaded Raman fiber laser that uses broadband pumping

Yucheng Zhao and Stuart D. Jackson

Optics Express
Vol. 13,
Issue 12,
pp. 4731-4736
(2005)
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A 3^rd-order cascaded Raman fiber laser has been demonstrated without using fiber Bragg gratings at all in the entire laser system. More than 2 W output power at the 3^rd Stokes emission wavelength of 1307 nm, a bandwidth of 4.2 nm and a slope efficiency of ~46% was measured when a 500 m long moderately Ge-doped silica fiber was pumped by a free running broadband Yb³⁺-doped fiber laser. This method is simple, versatile and cheap when compared with conventional methods employing narrow band pumping and fiber Bragg gratings to resonate the Stokes wavelengths. A slope efficiency of ~72% and an output power of over 4 W was also achieved at the 1^st order Stokes wavelength of 1168 nm when a 130 m long Ge-doped silica fiber was used.

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[Crossref]
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[Crossref]
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[Crossref]
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[Crossref]
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[Crossref]
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[Crossref] [PubMed]
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[Crossref] [PubMed]
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[Crossref]
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[Crossref]

2004 (6)

J. Bromage, “Raman amplification for fiber communications systems,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 22, 79–93 (2004).
[Crossref]

E. M. Dianov, “Germania-based fiber Raman lasers: recent results and prospects,” European Conference on Optical Communication, We1.3.1, 292–295 (2004).

S. K. Sim, H. C. Lim, L. W. Lee, L. C. Chia, R. F. Wu, I. Cristiani, M. Rini, and V. Degiorgio, “High-power cascaded Raman fiber laser using phosphosilicate fiber,” Electron. Lett. 40, 738–739 (2004).
[Crossref]

V. M. Mashinsky, V. B. Neustruev, V. V. Dvoyrin, S. A. Vasiliev, O. I. Medvedkov, I. A. Bufetov, A. V. Shubin, E. M. Dianov, A. N. Guryanov, V. F. Khopin, and M. Yu. Salgansky, “Germania-glass-core silica-glass-cladding modified chemical-vapor deposition optical fibers: optical losses, photorefreactivity, and Raman amplification,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2596–2598 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Y. Zhao, Y. Li, and S. D. Jackson, “Grating-free nth order cascaded Raman fiber lasers using highly Ge-doped low loss fiber,” Opt. Express 12, 4053–4058 (2004), http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-12-17-4053
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Y. Li, S. D. Jackson, and S. Fleming, “Characterization of a Nd3+-doped fiber laser incorporating an etalon formed between the fiber facet and dielectric mirror,” Opt. Comm. 240, 385–389 (2004).
[Crossref]

2003 (1)

Z. Xiong, N. Moore, Z. G. Li, and G. C. Lim, “10-W Raman fiber lasers at 1248 nm using phosphosilicate fibers,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 2377–2381 (2003).
[Crossref]

2000 (1)

E. M. Dianov, I. A. Bufetov, M. M. Bubnov, M. V. Grekov, S. A. Vasiliev, and O. I. Medvedkov, “Three-cascaded 1407-nm Raman laser based on phosphorous-doped silica fiber,” Opt. Lett. 25, 402–404 (2000).
[Crossref]

1984 (1)

R. H. Stolen, C. Lee, and R. K. Jain, “Development of the stimulated Raman spectrum in single-mode silica fibers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 1, 652–657 (1984).
[Crossref]

1978 (1)

F. L. Galeener, J. C. Mikkelsen, R. H. Geils, and W. J. Mosby, “The relative Raman cross sections of vitreous SiO2, GeO2, B2O3, and P2O5,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 32, 34–36 (1978).
[Crossref]

Agrawal, G. P.

G. P. Agrawal, Nonlinear Fiber Optics (Academic Press, San Diego, 2001).

Bromage, J.

J. Bromage, “Raman amplification for fiber communications systems,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 22, 79–93 (2004).
[Crossref]

Bubnov, M. M.

Bufetov, I. A.

Chia, L. C.

Cristiani, I.

Degiorgio, V.

Dianov, E. M.

E. M. Dianov, “Germania-based fiber Raman lasers: recent results and prospects,” European Conference on Optical Communication, We1.3.1, 292–295 (2004).

Dvoyrin, V. V.

Fleming, S.

Galeener, F. L.

F. L. Galeener, J. C. Mikkelsen, R. H. Geils, and W. J. Mosby, “The relative Raman cross sections of vitreous SiO2, GeO2, B2O3, and P2O5,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 32, 34–36 (1978).
[Crossref]

Geils, R. H.

F. L. Galeener, J. C. Mikkelsen, R. H. Geils, and W. J. Mosby, “The relative Raman cross sections of vitreous SiO2, GeO2, B2O3, and P2O5,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 32, 34–36 (1978).
[Crossref]

Grekov, M. V.

Guryanov, A. N.

Jackson, S. D.

Jain, R. K.

R. H. Stolen, C. Lee, and R. K. Jain, “Development of the stimulated Raman spectrum in single-mode silica fibers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 1, 652–657 (1984).
[Crossref]

Khopin, V. F.

Lee, C.

R. H. Stolen, C. Lee, and R. K. Jain, “Development of the stimulated Raman spectrum in single-mode silica fibers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 1, 652–657 (1984).
[Crossref]

Lee, L. W.

Li, Y.

Li, Z. G.

Z. Xiong, N. Moore, Z. G. Li, and G. C. Lim, “10-W Raman fiber lasers at 1248 nm using phosphosilicate fibers,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 2377–2381 (2003).
[Crossref]

Lim, G. C.

Z. Xiong, N. Moore, Z. G. Li, and G. C. Lim, “10-W Raman fiber lasers at 1248 nm using phosphosilicate fibers,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 2377–2381 (2003).
[Crossref]

Lim, H. C.

Mashinsky, V. M.

Medvedkov, O. I.

Mikkelsen, J. C.

F. L. Galeener, J. C. Mikkelsen, R. H. Geils, and W. J. Mosby, “The relative Raman cross sections of vitreous SiO2, GeO2, B2O3, and P2O5,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 32, 34–36 (1978).
[Crossref]

Moore, N.

Z. Xiong, N. Moore, Z. G. Li, and G. C. Lim, “10-W Raman fiber lasers at 1248 nm using phosphosilicate fibers,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 2377–2381 (2003).
[Crossref]

Mosby, W. J.

F. L. Galeener, J. C. Mikkelsen, R. H. Geils, and W. J. Mosby, “The relative Raman cross sections of vitreous SiO2, GeO2, B2O3, and P2O5,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 32, 34–36 (1978).
[Crossref]

Neustruev, V. B.

Rini, M.

Salgansky, M. Yu.

Shubin, A. V.

Sim, S. K.

Stolen, R. H.

R. H. Stolen, C. Lee, and R. K. Jain, “Development of the stimulated Raman spectrum in single-mode silica fibers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 1, 652–657 (1984).
[Crossref]

Vasiliev, S. A.

Wu, R. F.

Xiong, Z.

Z. Xiong, N. Moore, Z. G. Li, and G. C. Lim, “10-W Raman fiber lasers at 1248 nm using phosphosilicate fibers,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 2377–2381 (2003).
[Crossref]

Zhao, Y.

Appl. Phys. Lett. (1)

F. L. Galeener, J. C. Mikkelsen, R. H. Geils, and W. J. Mosby, “The relative Raman cross sections of vitreous SiO2, GeO2, B2O3, and P2O5,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 32, 34–36 (1978).
[Crossref]

Electron. Lett. (1)

European Conference on Optical Communication (1)

E. M. Dianov, “Germania-based fiber Raman lasers: recent results and prospects,” European Conference on Optical Communication, We1.3.1, 292–295 (2004).

IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. (2)

J. Bromage, “Raman amplification for fiber communications systems,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 22, 79–93 (2004).
[Crossref]

Z. Xiong, N. Moore, Z. G. Li, and G. C. Lim, “10-W Raman fiber lasers at 1248 nm using phosphosilicate fibers,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 2377–2381 (2003).
[Crossref]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (1)

R. H. Stolen, C. Lee, and R. K. Jain, “Development of the stimulated Raman spectrum in single-mode silica fibers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 1, 652–657 (1984).
[Crossref]

Opt. Comm. (1)

Opt. Express (1)

Opt. Lett. (2)

Other (1)

G. P. Agrawal, Nonlinear Fiber Optics (Academic Press, San Diego, 2001).

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Fig. 1.

Schematic configuration of cascaded Raman fiber laser. M: dielectric mirror; FER: fiber end reflector; λ_P: Raman pump wavelength; λ_S: Raman Stokes wavelengths; L: lenses; C: cavities; OSA: optical spectrum analyzer.

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Fig. 2.

Measured output power in total and of the individual Stokes emissions versus the launched pump power for 500 m and 130 m long Raman fiber lasers.

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Fig. 3.

Pump and Raman fiber laser wavelength and bandwith variation versus launched power for: (a) Yb³⁺-fiber laser; (b).1^st Stokes line; (c) 2^nd Stokes line; (d) 3^rd Stokes line.

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Fig. 4.

Free-running Raman fiber laser spectral characteristics for: (a) 500 m long fiber length; (b) 130 m long fiber length.

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Fig. 5.

Cavity C₁ influence on output spectra for Yb³⁺-doped fiber laser

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2004 (6)

2003 (1)

2000 (1)

1984 (1)

1978 (1)

Agrawal, G. P.

Bromage, J.

Bubnov, M. M.

Bufetov, I. A.

Chia, L. C.

Cristiani, I.

Degiorgio, V.

Dianov, E. M.

Dvoyrin, V. V.

Fleming, S.

Galeener, F. L.

Geils, R. H.

Grekov, M. V.

Guryanov, A. N.

Jackson, S. D.

Jain, R. K.

Khopin, V. F.

Lee, C.

Lee, L. W.

Li, Y.

Li, Z. G.

Lim, G. C.

Lim, H. C.

Mashinsky, V. M.

Medvedkov, O. I.

Mikkelsen, J. C.

Moore, N.

Mosby, W. J.

Neustruev, V. B.

Rini, M.

Salgansky, M. Yu.

Shubin, A. V.

Sim, S. K.

Stolen, R. H.

Vasiliev, S. A.

Wu, R. F.

Xiong, Z.

Zhao, Y.

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Electron. Lett. (1)

European Conference on Optical Communication (1)

IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. (2)

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (1)

Opt. Comm. (1)

Opt. Express (1)

Opt. Lett. (2)

Other (1)

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