Linewidth narrowing in free-space-running diamond Brillouin lasers

Duo Jin; Zhenxu Bai; Zhongan Zhao; Yifu Chen; Wenqiang Fan; Yulei Wang; Richard P. Mildren; Zhiwei Lü

doi:10.1017/hpl.2023.48

Linewidth narrowing in free-space-running diamond Brillouin lasers

Duo Jin, Zhenxu Bai^*, Zhongan Zhao, Yifu Chen, Wenqiang Fan, Yulei Wang^*, Richard P. Mildren, Zhiwei Lü^*

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This study analyzes the linewidth narrowing characteristics of free-space-running Brillouin lasers and investigates the approaches to achieve linewidth compression and power enhancement simultaneously. The results show that the Stokes linewidth behavior in a free-space-running Brillouin laser cavity is determined by the phase diffusion of the pump and the technical noise of the system. Experimentally, a Stokes light output with a power of 22.5 W and a linewidth of 3.2 kHz was obtained at a coupling mirror reflectivity of 96%, which is nearly 2.5 times compressed compared with the linewidth of the pump (7.36 kHz). In addition, the theorical analysis shows that at a pump power of 60 W and a coupling mirror reflectivity of 96%, a Stokes output with a linewidth of 1.6 kHz and up to 80% optical conversion efficiency can be achieved by reducing the insertion loss of the intracavity. This study provides a promising technical route to achieve high-power ultra-narrow linewidth special wavelength laser radiations.

Original language	English
Article number	e47
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	High Power Laser Science and Engineering
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2023.48
Publication status	Published - 6 Jun 2023

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high power
narrow linewidth
single-frequency laser
stimulated Brillouin scattering

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