Pump-probe Source Research Articles

Study of injection-locked stabilized, short cavity Brillouin ring laser source design for fiber sensing applications

A new pump-seeded, short-cavity Brillouin ring laser source layout intended for Brillouin sensing applications is showcased, showing increased high maximum output (1.5 mW), a strong linewidth narrowing effect (producing light with a linewidth of 10 kHz) and limited relative intensity noise (RIN ~ −145 dB/Hz), providing an ultranarrow, highly stable BRL source that can also be employed as a pump-probe source for Brillouin optical time-domain analysis (BOTDA) applications.

Stabilized, short cavity Brillouin ring laser source design for fiber sensing applications

A new pump-seeded, short-cavity Brillouin ring laser source layout intended for Brillouin sensing applications is showcased, showing increased high maximum output (1.5 mW), a strong linewidth narrowing effect (producing light with a linewidth of 10 kHz) and limited RIN (~-145 dB/Hz), providing an ultranarrow, highly stable BRL source that can also be employed as a pump-probe source for BOTDA applications.

Analysis of enhanced-performance fibre Brillouin ring laser for Brillouin sensing applications.

In this work, we present an enhanced design for a Brillouin ring laser (BRL), which employs a double resonant cavity (DRC) with short fiber length, paired with a heterodyne-based wavelength-locking system, to be employed as a pump-probe source for Brillouin sensing. The enhanced source is compared to traditional long-cavity pump-probe source, showing a significantly lower relative intensity noise (~-145 dB/Hz in the whole 0-800 MHz range), a narrow linewidth (10 kHz), and large tunability features, resulting in an effective pump-probe source in BOTDA systems, with an excellent pump-probe frequency stability (~200 Hz), which is uncommon for fiber lasers. The enhanced source showed an improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of about 22 dB with respect to standard BRL schemes, resulting in an improved temperature/strain resolution in BOTDA applications up to 5.5 dB, with respect to previous high-noise BRL designs.

Characterisation and optimisation of a dual-channel picosecond gain-switched DFB laser system for use as a pump–probe source

The output characteristics of a dual-channel gain-switched laser system are studied with respect to the gain-switch frequency and power. InGaAsP laser diodes operating at 1548 and 1549 nm are gain-switched at 1 GHz and the spectral and temporal profiles of the pulses are investigated. The development of a pump–probe system with the use of in-line amplifiers and amplified spontaneous emission filtering is detailed.

A proposed semiconductor laser pump-probe source

A model is presented which determines the output from a semiconductor laser as a function of the direct current (d.c.) and radio frequency (r.f.) current applied to the laser. It is shown that by adjusting these two components the output optical pulse from a laser can be shifted in time without change to the pulse shape or height. Experimental results are presented which support the model. It is suggested how these results can be used to produce a semiconductor pump-probe source, which is essential for the development of optical probing.