NARROW-LINEWIDTH STIMULATED BRILLOUIN FIBER LASER AND APPLICATIONS

被引:269
作者
SMITH, SP
ZARINETCHI, F
EZEKIEL, S
机构
[1] Research Laboratory for Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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10.1364/OL.16.000393
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A stimulated Brillouin fiber ring laser with a spectral width of 2 kHz and an intrinsic linewidth of less than 30 Hz has been demonstrated. Applications of such a laser include laser linewidth narrowing, microwave frequency generation, high-rate amplitude modulation, and optical inertial rotation sensing.
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