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Published December 2013 | Version public
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Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Suppression With a Chirped Laser Seed: Comparison of Dynamical Model to Experimental Data

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Abstract

A numerical model is developed to simulate stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in high power single-mode fiber amplifiers. The time dependent model incorporates both laser and Stokes wave amplification and initiates the Brillouin scattering from thermal phonons. A frequency chirped laser is used as the seed to suppress SBS. Experiments with Yb-doped fiber amplifiers show good agreement with the modeling. Using experimentally determined parameters, the model is used to predict chirp requirements for multi-kilowatt amplifiers with tens of meters of delivery fiber. A comparison is made between a chirped seed source and random phase modulation for SBS suppression.

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© 2013 IEEE. Manuscript received July 15, 2013; revised September 29, 2013; accepted October 8, 2013. Date of publication October 10, 2013; date of current version October 23, 2013. This work was supported by High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office under Grants 11-SA-0405 and SA-13-0509 as well as the U.S. Army Research Office under Grant W911NF-11-2-0081. Special thanks to Dr. Carl Mungan (US Naval Academy), Dr. Scott Christensen (Nufern), and Dr. J. Thomas Schriempf (NAVSEA), for helpful discussions and the loan of the high power amplifier.

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High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office
11-SA-0405
High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office
SA-13-0509
Army Research Office (ARO)
W911NF-11-2-0081

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2013-11-21
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2021-11-10
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