Observation of acoustically induced modulation instability in a Brillouin photonic crystal fiber laser
Stiller B, Sylvestre T (2013)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2013
Journal
Book Volume: 38
Pages Range: 1570-1572
Journal Issue: 9
DOI: 10.1364/OL.38.001570
Abstract
We report the experimental observation of self-induced modulation instability (MI) in a Brillouin fiber laser made with a solid-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with strong anomalous dispersion. We identify this MI as the result of parametric amplification of optical sidebands generated by guided acoustic modes within the core of the PCF. It is further shown that MI leads to passive harmonic mode locking and to the generation of a picosecond pulse train at a repetition rate of 1.15 GHz which matches the acoustic frequency of the fundamental acoustic mode of the PCF. © 2013 Optical Society of America.
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Stiller, B., & Sylvestre, T. (2013). Observation of acoustically induced modulation instability in a Brillouin photonic crystal fiber laser. Optics Letters, 38(9), 1570-1572. https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.38.001570
MLA:
Stiller, Birgit, and Thibaut Sylvestre. "Observation of acoustically induced modulation instability in a Brillouin photonic crystal fiber laser." Optics Letters 38.9 (2013): 1570-1572.
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