6 mW and 30 mW laser threshold for respectively 1st and 2nd Brillouin Stokes order in a Ge10As24Se68 chalcogenide fiber

Kenny Hey Tow (1) , Yohann Léguillon (1) , Pascal Besnard (1) , Laurent Brilland (2) , David Méchin (2) , Denis Trégoat (2) , Johann Troles (3) , Perrine Toupin (3)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 PERFOS - Plate-Forme d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Fibres Optiques Spéciales
3 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes

A compact second-order Stokes Brillouin fiber laser made of microstructured chalcogenide glass is reported for the first time. This laser has very low optical pump-power threshold for Stokes conversion: 6 mW for first order and only 30 mW for second order with nonresonant pumping.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Kenny Hey Tow, Yohann Léguillon, Pascal Besnard, Laurent Brilland, David Méchin, et al.. 6 mW and 30 mW laser threshold for respectively 1st and 2nd Brillouin Stokes order in a Ge10As24Se68 chalcogenide fiber. 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2012), Sep 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands. pp.Tu.4.F.3, ⟨10.1364/ECEOC.2012.Tu.4.F.3⟩. ⟨hal-00789486⟩