Intracavity Brillouin gain characterization based on cavity ringdown spectroscopy

Ananthu Sebastian (1) , Stephane Trebaol (1) , Pascal Besnard (1)

1 FOTON - Institut des Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON

We report a technique based upon the cavity ringdown method that enables to characterize the Brillouin gain coefficient directly in a laser cavity. Material gain, optical cavity parameters and lasing properties can be extracted from measurements whithin a single experiment.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Ananthu Sebastian, Stephane Trebaol, Pascal Besnard. Intracavity Brillouin gain characterization based on cavity ringdown spectroscopy. OSA Continuum, 2019, 2 (12), pp.3539-3545. ⟨10.1364/OSAC.2.003539⟩. ⟨hal-02450541⟩