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Efficient single-mode Brillouin fiber laser for low-noise optical carrier reduction of microwave signals

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate efficient optical carrier reduction of microwave signals with a single-mode 1.5µm wavelength Brillouin all-fiber ring laser. Because of the tunable optical coupling, the lasing threshold of the short-length (20-m) fiber cavity is lower than 5 mW, and high conversion efficiencies (up to 60%) are obtained at any pump power up to 200 mW. Using the single-mode Stokes beam as a seed for the stimulated Brillouin scattering process allows up to 40-dB optical carrier depletion with almost no added noise for an optically carried microwave signal at 6 GHz. In addition, using this resonator, we provide evidence of generation of high-spectral-purity beatnotes.

© 2003 Optical Society of America

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