Detection of Fibre Laser Instability Using a Constant Fraction Discriminator

Date Issued
19-09-2018
Author(s)
Ikram Khan, S. I.
Panbiharwala, Yusuf
Srinivasan, B. 
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Prabhakar, A. 
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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Abstract
We have characterized the instability of CW Master Oscillator Power Amplifier fiber laser due to Stimulated Brillouin Scattering by statistically analyzing timing information of reflected SBS pulses using constant fraction discriminator and observed a 36.6 % increase in SBS instability.
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