Brillouin fiber laser using As 38Se 62 suspended-core chalcogenide fiber

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8426, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tow, K Hey ^a,b   Leguillon Y ^a,b,e   Besnard, P ^a,b   Brilland, L ^c   Troles, J ^a,d   Toupin, P ^a,d   Mechin D ^c   Tregoat D ^c   Doisy, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c Perfos   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e THALES UNDERWATER SYSTEMS   (France)

Author keywords

Brillouin fiber laser; Brillouin gain coefficient; Brillouin gain spectrum; Chalcogenide fiber; Stimulated brillouin scattering; Suspended core fiber

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; AUTOCORRELATORS; BRILLOUIN; BRILLOUIN FIBER LASER; BRILLOUIN FREQUENCY SHIFTS; BRILLOUIN GAIN; BRILLOUIN GAIN SPECTRUM; CORE DIAMETERS; LASER THRESHOLD; LOW THRESHOLDS; NONRESONANT; PUMP LASER; RING CAVITIES; SPECTRAL PURITY;

FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY; PUMPING (LASER); STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

FIBERS;

EID: 84861819268     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.921821     Document Type: Conference Paper

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