Author Affiliations
1College of Opto-Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China2Academy of Ocean Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Raman gain coefficient of TBZN fibre pumped at 632.8 nm
[30].
Fig. 2. The schematic of the all-fibrized (a) first-order and (b) cascaded RFLs. TDFL: Tm-doped fibre laser; HR: high reflectance; PR: partial reflectance.
Fig. 3. Calculated output power versus launched pump power for fluoride RFL in Ref. [
20]. FDM: finite difference method.
Fig. 4. (a) Measured propagation loss spectrum of the TBZN fibre in Ref. [
24]; (b) threshold power as a function of fibre length for output reflectance of 90%, 95% and 99%.
Fig. 5. Output power of the first-order RFL as a function of (a) output reflectance for fibre length of 0.3 m, 0.5 m, 1 m, 2 m, and (b) fibre length for output reflectance of 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%.
Fig. 6. (a) Power distribution along the fibre length in first-order RFL pumped by TDFL; (b) output power of first-order Stokes versus pump power.
Fig. 7. Power evolution of (a) pump, (b) first-order Stokes, (c) second-order Stokes waves in second-order RFL pumped by TDFL.
Fig. 8. Output power of second-order RFL as a function of (a) output reflectance for fibre length of 0.5 m, 1 m, 2 m and 3.1 m, (b) fibre length for output reflectance of 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%.
Fig. 9. Output power of second-order RFL under different pump powers.
Fig. 10. Longitudinal power evolution of (a) pump, (b) first-order Stokes, (c) second-order Stokes, (d) third-order Stokes in third-order RFL pumped by TDFL.
Fig. 11. Output power of third-order RFL as a function of (a) output reflectance for fibre length of 4.5 m, 5.5 m, 9 m and 11 m, (b) fibre length for output reflectance of 40%, 45%, 50% and 55%.
Fig. 12. Output power of third-order RFL as a function of pump power.