• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.37-44
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• 1994

The characteristics of stimulated Brillouin scattering wave for applications to high power laser was experimentally investigated. The peak power reflectivity and the phase conjugation fidelity of Stokes wave with respect to the focal length of lens were measured, and the phase conjugation fidelity for a compressed part of the Stokes wave was also investigated. For the long focal length of lens.(f=100 cm), the peak power of the Stokes wave amounts to about twice as high as that of incident wave. The phase conjugation fidelity for the compressed leading pulse is up to 90%, better than that for other temporal parts of the Stokes pulse. In spatial distribution, the Stokes pulse from the axial region has the largest SBS gain, and it has been ascertained as a best candidate to the application due to excellent pulse compression, peak power reflectivity, and good phase conjugation fidelity.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.23 no.8
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• pp.1893-1898
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• 1998

We have redefined the $\alpha$ -parameter of the extended transmitters in the presence of self-phase modulation (SPM) induced chirp. The $\alpha$ -parameter is effectively lowered to about 1, when the SPM effect with the launching power of 12.5dBm (maximum launching power to avoid stimulated Brillouin scattering(SBS)) is included, compared to the $\alpha$ -parameter of the transmitter algone. The lowered $\alpha$ -parameter has improved the transmission performance significantly regardless the transmitter is operated with positive or negative chirp. The SPM-induced effective $\alpha$ -parameter can be used as a design parameter for the high speed (10 Gbps) transmission systems.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.242-243
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• 2007

본 논문은 1310nm 단일모드 광섬유를 이용하여 온도센서로 활용하기 위한 연구이다. 기존광섬유센서의 연구는 복잡한 여러 가지 기기를 이용하여 구성된 시스템이었다. 그리고 산란 변화를 주기 위하여 Bragg 격자나 Pulse generator를 이용하여 광주파수의 변화를 측정하거나, YAG 레이저를 이용 벌크형 시스템을 택하여 구성하였는데 실험 환경을 구성하는 어려움과 측정된 데이터의 정확도에 대한 문제점이 있었다. 본 연구에서 제안한 유도 브릴루앙 산란(sBs: stimulated Brillouin scattering)광을 이용한 온도센서 시스템은 기존의 측정방식 보다 간소화된 직렬방식의 시스템이다. 광주파수에서 발생하는 노이즈와 애매한 결과에 대해서 신뢰성과 정확도를 확보하기 위하여 지능형인 뉴로-퍼지 알고리즘을 이용하여 분석함으로써 기존 시스템 보다 정확한 데이터를 얻고자 하였다. 본 연구에서 sBs는 빛의 산란 특성 중 광주파수가 온도에 변화에 대해 각각의 온도 변화당 천이가 이루어졌음을 측정하였다. 시스템에서 출력된 데이터를 뉴로-퍼지로 분석한 변화율은 1.1MHz/의 결과를 얻었다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.120-125
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• 2021

We have developed a linearly polarized high-power Yb-doped fiber laser in the master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) scheme for efficient spectral beam combining. We modulated the phase of the seed laser by pseudo-random binary sequence (PRBS), with the bit length optimized to suppress stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), and subsequently amplified seed power in a 3-stage amplifier system. We have constructed by coiling the polarization-maintaining (PM) Yb-doped fiber, with core and cladding diameters of 20 ㎛ and 400 ㎛ respectively, to a diameter of 9-12 cm for suppression of the mode instability (MI). Finally, we obtained an output power of 1.004 kW with a slope efficiency of 83.7% in the main amplification stage. The beam quality factor M² and the polarization extinction ratio (PER) were measured to be 1.12 and 21.5 dB respectively. Furthermore, the peak-intensity difference between the Rayleigh signal and SBS signal was observed to be 2.36 dB in the backward spectra, indicating that SBS is successfully suppressed. In addition, it can be expected that the MI does not occur because not only there is no decrease in slope efficiency, but also the beam quality for each amplified output is maintained.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Laser Processing Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.126-129
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• 2005

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.434-441
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• 1993

Focusing geometry dependence of output Stokes energy in single pass methane Raman shifter is investigated. The experimental result shows that the threshold energy decreases as confocal parameter increases. This result can be explained by gain suppression caused by Stokes - anti-Stokes coupling. In this paper, we give simple analysis for the focusing geometry dependence of Stokes - anti-Stokes coupling and present the criterion of confocal parameter to reduce the gain suppression. Focusing geometry dependence of stimulated Brillouin scattering is measured and the result is in good agreement with theoretical prediction.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.26 no.12B
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• pp.1703-1711
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• 2001

광시스템에서 발생할 수 있는 비선형 현상 중 하나인 유도 브릴루앙 산란은 낮은 입력 파워 레벨에서도 발생할 수 있기 때문에 광전송 시스템에 큰 영향을 주는 현상이다. 그러므로 고출력의 신호를 광섬유에 입사시켜 광전송 시스템의 전송 거리를 길게 하기 위해서는 광섬유에서 발생하는 유도 브릴루앙 산란에 대한 고려가 필요하다. 특히 현재 광통신에 사용되고 있는 파장 분할 다중방식(WDM) 광전송 시스템에서는 채널 간격이 좁으므로 유도 브릴루앙 산란의 영향을 고려해야만 한다. 브릴루앙 이득 스펙트럼은 브릴루앙 주파수 천이, 부릴루앙 선폭과 이득계수에 대한 정보뿐만 아니라 브릴루앙 임계값에 대한 정보를 포함한다. 이러한 유도 브릴루앙 산란 신호를 1550nm 파장대에서 실험적으로 확인하였으며 실험으로 관측한 SBS 신호를 이론적으로 계산된 값과 비교하였다. 실험으로 구한 신호 주파수는 10.8825GHz로서 이론상의 값 10.9GHz와 일치하였으며 브릴루앙 이득 스펙트럼을 측정한 결과 1.5436 $\times$ $10^{-ll}$m/w의 브릴루앙 이득 계수 $g_{0}$을 얻었다.다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.223-230
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• 2020

In this paper, we have studied the characteristics of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) and mode instability (MI) in a ytterbium-doped polarization-maintaining fiber laser with master oscillator power amplifier configuration. We measured the laser output power and back-reflection spectrum for a variety of ytterbium-doped fibers and seed lights, to investigate the power-scaling limits of fiber lasers. By optimizing the laser structure, we demonstrated an all-fiber high-power polarization-maintaining fiber laser with near-diffraction-limited beam quality. The output power of 1.5 kW was achieved with a linewidth of 10 GHz, generated by pseudo-random binary sequence (PRBS) phase modulation. The beam quality M² was about 1.15 at the maximum output power. The polarization extinction ratio (PER) was greater than 17 dB.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.159-165
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• 2018

In this paper, we report on the high power amplification of a narrow-linewidth Yb-doped polarization-maintained (PM) fiber laser in a 3-stage, all-fiber master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system. The linearly polarized single-mode output power was 400 W with an 85% slope efficiency, with a linewidth of 2.5 GHz (full width at half maximum). Furthermore, mitigation of mode instability (MI) has been demonstrated by tightly coiling the gain fiber to a diameter of 11 cm. In addition, methods for higher power scaling are discussed.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.65-71
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• 2024

We present a Yb-doped narrow-linewidth polarization-maintaining all-fiber amplifier that achieves a high mode-instability (MI) threshold, high output power, and 9.7-GHz spectral linewidth. Six wavelength-multiplexed laser diodes are used to pump this amplifier. First, we construct a high-power fiber amplifier based on a master oscillator-power amplifier configuration for experiments. Subsequently, we examine the MI threshold by individually pumping the amplifier with wavelengths of 976, 974, 981, 974, and 981 nm respectively. The experimental results demonstrate that the amplifier exhibits a high MI threshold (>3.5 kW) when pumped with a combination of wavelengths at 974 and 981 nm. Afterward, we inject an optimized phase-modulated seed with a nearly flat-top spectrum into this amplifier. Ultimately, laser output of 3.2 kW and 9.7 GHz are obtained.