Stimulated Brillouin fiber-optic laser gyroscope.

作者: F. Zarinetchi , S. P. Smith , S. Ezekiel

DOI: 10.1364/OL.16.000229

关键词: Materials scienceOpticsLaser pumpingGain-switchingBrillouin scatteringLasing thresholdRing laserLaser power scalingGyroscopeFiber laser

摘要: We achieved simultaneous bidirectional lasing in an all-fiber ring laser, using stimulated Brillouin scattering as the medium. The threshold was 60 μW for a He–Ne pump at 1.15 μm. operation of this gain device ring-laser gyroscope demonstrated.

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