broadband radiation; bunches of pulses; Q-switch; stimulated Brillouin scattering; thulium; thulium fiber laser; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Instrumentation; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Abstract :
[en] We have demonstrated a simple all-fiber thulium (Tm) laser Q-switched by stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS). The maximum output pulse energy was 80 μJ. This allowed us to generate a broadband spectrum directly at the laser outputs. For the first time, we measured the fine structure of the output pulses with a resolution of less than 100 ps. It was found that the SBS Q-switched laser is capable of generating bunches of picosecond pulses. The effect of modulation instability on the pulse decay is discussed. The potential application of the investigated laser radiation for producing destructive effects on soft biological tissues has been demonstrated.
Disciplines :
Electrical & electronics engineering
Author, co-author :
Kamynin, Vladimir A.; Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
Filatova, Serafima A. ; Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
Mullanurov, Timur I.; Higher Engineering School, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow, Russian Federation
Cheban, Maksim D.; Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
Wolf, Alexey A. ; Institute of Automation and Electrometry (IA&E) of the SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Korobko, Dmitry A. ; S.P. Kapitsa Scientific Technological Research Institute, Ulyanovsk State University, Ulyanovsk, Russian Federation
Fotiadi, Andrei ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté Polytechnique > Service d'Electromagnétisme et Télécommunications ; Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Tsvetkov, Vladimir B.; Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
Language :
English
Title :
Fine Structure of High-Energy Pulses from a Stimulated Brillouin Scattering-Assisted Q-Switch Tm-Doped Fiber Laser
Publication date :
2024
Journal title :
Photonics
eISSN :
2304-6732
Publisher :
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
R300 - Institut de Recherche en Technologies de l'Information et Sciences de l'Informatique
Funders :
Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Russian Science Foundation European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
Funding number :
#101028712
Funding text :
This research was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, grant numbers 075-15-2022-315 and 075-15-2021-581, and carried out on the basis of World-Class Research Center Photonics (experiment, data collection, and processing). D.A.K. thanks the Russian Science Foundation, grant number 23-79-30017 (data interpretation). A.A.F. is supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Individual Fellowship, H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, #101028712).
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