High-power narrow-linewidth continuous-wave Raman amplifier at 1.27 μm

  • J. A. Nagel
  • , V. Temyanko
  • , J. Dobler
  • , E. M. Dianov
  • , A. S. Biriukov
  • , A. A. Sysoliatin
  • , R. A. Norwood
  • , N. Peyghambarian

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Abstract

A high-power narrow-linewidth continuous-wave (CW) Raman fiber amplifier at 1.27 μm is demonstrated for remote sensing measurements of atmospheric oxygen O2. The amplifier uses phosphosilicate fiber in both a standard single-mode design and with the core size varying in the longitudinal direction for stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) suppression. The highest reported power level at this wavelength to date, a total peak power of 3 W, has been achieved for online (2.4 W) and offline (580 mW) spectroscopic measurements, in agreement with theoretical predictions. Additionally, it is shown that when 60-kHz sinusoidal amplitude modulation is applied to the amplifier seed signal, the modulated wave form is preserved at the amplifier output with 1.8 W total average power being obtained.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number5713231
Pages (from-to)585-587
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume23
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

Keywords

  • Optical fiber amplifiers
  • optical modulation
  • phosphorus
  • stimulated Brillouin scattering
  • stimulated Raman scattering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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