A high resolution spectral analysis of the emission of a stimulated Brillouin scattering fibre ring laser has been performed, demonstrating the single frequency operation of such lasers and a 3 Hz emission linewidth.
Inspec keywords: fibre lasers; laser variables measurement; spectral line breadth; stimulated Brillouin scattering; spectral analysis; ring lasers
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Subjects: Fibre lasers and amplifiers; Solid lasers; Fibre optics; Other fibre optical devices and techniques; Stimulated Raman scattering and spectra; CARS; stimulated Brillouin and stimulated Rayleigh scattering and spectra; Laser resonators and cavities; Laser resonators and cavities
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