title: Self-oscillations in a cascaded Raman laser made with a highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber.
abstract: We report the observation of self-oscillations of the output power in a cascaded Raman fiber laser delivering two Stokes components. Our cascaded Raman fiber laser is made with a highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber and it oscillates within a Perot-Fabry cavity formed by weak Fresnel reflections from the fiber ends. From our experimental and theoretical study, we identify stimulated Raman scattering as being the physical effect dominant in the emergence of unstable behaviors inside the Perot-Fabry cavity. Mechanisms of laser destabilization are thus found to be very different from polarization mechanisms previously identified as being responsible for unstable behaviors in conventional one-stage Raman fiber lasers [14, 15].
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules, UMR CNRS 8523, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Lasers et Applications, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suret
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Joly
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mélin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Randoux
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000295:instrumentation*