Recent advances and applications of random lasers and random fiber lasers
Abstract Random Lasers (RLs) and Random Fiber Lasers (RFLs) have been the subject of
intense research since their first experimental demonstration in 1994 and 2007, respectively …
intense research since their first experimental demonstration in 1994 and 2007, respectively …
Harnessing disorder for photonic device applications
For photonic devices, structural disorder and light scattering have long been considered
annoying and detrimental features that were best avoided or minimized. This review shows …
annoying and detrimental features that were best avoided or minimized. This review shows …
Lévy statistics and the glassy behavior of light in random fiber lasers
The interest in random fiber lasers (RFLs), first demonstrated one decade ago, is still
growing and their basic characteristics have been studied by several authors. RFLs are …
growing and their basic characteristics have been studied by several authors. RFLs are …
Multimode random fiber laser for speckle-free imaging
Light sources with high radiance are increasingly required for full-field real-time imaging.
Conventional lasing sources are poorly suited for such imaging due to their high spatial or …
Conventional lasing sources are poorly suited for such imaging due to their high spatial or …
Nearly-octave wavelength tuning of a continuous wave fiber laser
The wavelength tunability of conventional fiber lasers are limited by the bandwidth of gain
spectrum and the tunability of feedback mechanism. Here a fiber laser which is continuously …
spectrum and the tunability of feedback mechanism. Here a fiber laser which is continuously …
High order cascaded Raman random fiber laser with high spectral purity
An up to 8th order cascaded Raman random fiber laser with high spectral purity is achieved
with the pumping of a narrow linewidth amplified spontaneous emission source. The …
with the pumping of a narrow linewidth amplified spontaneous emission source. The …
High-power and high-order random Raman fiber lasers
High-order random Raman fiber lasers are investigated for generating high-power widely
wavelength-tunable light sources. By cascaded random Raman lasing and adjusting pump …
wavelength-tunable light sources. By cascaded random Raman lasing and adjusting pump …
5.1 kW tandem-pumped fiber amplifier seeded by random fiber laser with high suppression of stimulated Raman scattering
In this work, high-power tandem-pumped random fiber lasers are investigated in detail. A 6.5
W random fiber laser seed centered at 1070 nm with a half-open cavity structure was built …
W random fiber laser seed centered at 1070 nm with a half-open cavity structure was built …
Single-mode SOA-based 1kHz-linewidth dual-wavelength random fiber laser
Narrow-linewidth multi-wavelength fiber lasers are of significant interests for fiber-optic
sensors, spectroscopy, optical communications, and microwave generation. A novel narrow …
sensors, spectroscopy, optical communications, and microwave generation. A novel narrow …
Quasi-kilowatt random fiber laser
The random distributed-feedback Raman fiber laser (RRFL) is a new approach to obtain a
high-power laser. In this Letter, we report a RRFL with quasi-kilowatt output power for the …
high-power laser. In this Letter, we report a RRFL with quasi-kilowatt output power for the …