Efficient 1.55-μm fiber source by stimulated Raman scattering in ethane-filled hollow-core fiber

Zhixian Li; Zhiyue Zhou; Wei Huang; Yulong Cui; Zefeng Wang

doi:10.1117/1.OE.57.5.056115

31 May 2018 Efficient 1.55-μm fiber source by stimulated Raman scattering in ethane-filled hollow-core fiber

Zhixian Li, Zhiyue Zhou, Wei Huang, Yulong Cui, Zefeng Wang

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 57, Issue 5, 056115 (May 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.57.5.056115

Abstract

We report here the characteristic of a 1.55-μm fiber gas Raman amplifier worked in an ethane-filled hollow-core fiber (HCF). This amplifier is composed of a CW C-band tunable, narrow linewidth seed laser, and a pulsed 1064.6-nm microchip pump laser. Through a dichroic mirror, the seed laser, together with a 1064.6-nm pump source, is coupled into the ethane-filled HCF and then efficient 1553-nm Raman laser generates by the stimulated Raman scattering of ethane molecules. A maximum Raman laser average power of 43.8 mW (pulse energy 87.6 μJ) with a Raman conversion efficiency of 47.5% (quantum efficiency of ∼70 % ) is obtained using 8.7-m HCF filled with 1.4-bar ethane. A method to obtain efficient 1.55-μm fiber laser sources is demonstrated.

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Zhixian Li, Zhiyue Zhou, Wei Huang, Yulong Cui, and Zefeng Wang "Efficient 1.55-μm fiber source by stimulated Raman scattering in ethane-filled hollow-core fiber," Optical Engineering 57(5), 056115 (31 May 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.57.5.056115

Received: 21 March 2018; Accepted: 18 May 2018; Published: 31 May 2018

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