title: Transverse mode instability induced by stimulated Brillouin scattering in a pulsed single-frequency large-core fiber amplifier.
abstract: We report the observation of transverse mode instability (TMI) in a pulsed single-frequency ytterbium-doped large-core fiber amplifier in which stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is generated easily owing to the high peak power and narrow linewidth of the laser pulses. It was shown experimentally that the threshold of TMI is almost the same as that of SBS and that the suppression of SBS also increases the threshold of TMI, which indicates that the TMI originates from SBS in the fiber.
authors.forename: Kyung-Hyun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kangin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yonghee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yong-Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Gwon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Hyunmin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyuck
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Do-Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Jeong