Highly stable Brillouin laser with controllable tuning based on fiber ring resonator

Abstract

The design and fabrication processes of stimulated Brillouin laser (SBL) is complex, and it is affected by many factors such as temperature and resonance shift. In this study, we have fabricated a Brillouin laser using fiber ring resonator (FRR), with Q factor=7.1×10^8, resonance depth (h)=96%, and the free spectral range (FSR) automatic feedback control technology is proposed to realize the accurate matching of the resonant mode and the Stokes mode. The influence of temperature on the SBL frequency shift is suppressed. The fluctuation range of SBL’s frequency decreases by 5 times. The maximum steady state output of SBL at the best matching position is realized, and output power fluctuation range decreases by 15 times. The power stability of SBL reaches 4.85×10^(-6), which is improved by two orders of magnitude. This simple scheme provides convenience for the application of SBL, such as sensing and other applications.