Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 133901 (2009) [4 pages]

270-km Ultralong Raman Fiber Laser

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S. K. Turitsyn¹, J. D. Ania-Castañón^1,2, S. A. Babin³, V. Karalekas¹, P. Harper¹, D. Churkin³, S. I. Kablukov³, A. E. El-Taher¹, E. V. Podivilov³, and V. K. Mezentsev¹
¹Photonics Research Group, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom
²Instituto de Óptica, CSIC, C/ Serrano 121, Madrid 28006, Spain
³Institute of Automation and Electrometry, SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia

Received 1 June 2009; published 21 September 2009

We analyze the physical mechanisms limiting optical fiber resonator length and report on the longest ever laser cavity, reaching 270 km, which shows a clearly resolvable mode structure with a width of ∼120 Hz and peak separation of ∼380 Hz in the radio-frequency spectrum.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.133901

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.133901

PACS:

42.55.Ye, 42.60.By, 42.79.Sz, 42.81.Wg

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 133901 (2009) [4 pages]

270-km Ultralong Raman Fiber Laser