Experimental investigation of the onset of modulation instability as a precursor for the stimulated Brillouin scattering in Yb-doped fiber amplifiers

Panbiharwala, Yusuf, Ghosh, Aditi, Nilsson, Johan, Venkitesh, Deepa and Srinivasan, Balaji (2018) Experimental investigation of the onset of modulation instability as a precursor for the stimulated Brillouin scattering in Yb-doped fiber amplifiers. In Fiber Lasers XV: Technology and Systems. vol. 10512, SPIE. 8 pp . (doi:10.1117/12.2291462).

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Abstract

We report an experimental investigation on the onset of SBS-induced modulation instability in a CW Yb-doped fiber amplifier. Threshold for such backscattered signals is found to be well below SBS threshold.

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Experimental investigation of the onset of modulation instability as a precursor for the stimulated Brillouin scattering in Yb-doped fiber amplifiers - Accepted Manuscript

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Accepted/In Press date: 23 October 2017

e-pub ahead of print date: 26 February 2018

Additional Information: Copyright 2018. Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this publication for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the contents of the publication are prohibited.

Venue - Dates: Fiber Lasers XV: Technology and Systems 2018, , San Francisco, United States, 2018-01-29 - 2018-02-01

Keywords: Fiber lasers and amplifiers, SBS Dynamics, stimulated Brillouin scattering, Yb-doped fiber amplifiers

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