Abstract
Faraday isolators limit the power-scalability of multimode MOPA systems that use SBS to restore the diffraction-limited beam quality. We test a volume Bragg grating, a more scalable alternative, designed to separate wavelengths 0.0604nm (16GHz) apart.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
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