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Noise Characteristics for Random Fiber Lasers with Rayleigh Distributed Feedback

Frequency and intensity noise are characterized for Erbium-Doped Fiber and Brillouin random lasers based on Rayleigh distributed feedback mechanism. We propose a theoretical model for the frequency noise of an Er-doped fiber random lasers using the property of random phase modulations from multiple scattering points in ultra-long fibers. We find that the Rayleigh feedback suppresses the noise at higher frequencies by introducing a Lorentzian envelope over the thermal frequency noise of a long fiber cavity. The theoretical model and measured frequency noise agree quantitatively with two fitting parameters. A similar model, which also includes additional acoustic fluctuations and a distributed gain profile in the fiber, has been speculated for the Brillouin random laser. These random laser exhibits a frequency noise level of < 6 Hz^2/Hz at 2 kHz, which is lower than what is found in conventional narrow-linewidth EDF fiber lasers and Nonplanar Ring Laser oscillators (NPRO) by a factor of 166 and 2 respectively.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:uottawa.ca/oai:ruor.uottawa.ca:10393/31766
Date January 2014
CreatorsSaxena, Bhavaye
ContributorsBao, Xiaoyi, Chen, Liang
PublisherUniversité d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Source SetsUniversité d’Ottawa
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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