Dynamics of stimulated Brillouin scattering with feedback

We analyse theoretically the stability of the Brillouin fibre ring laser. This study not only allows us to draw the portrait of the unstable domains for a large range of the system parameters, but it also gives valuable information on the dynamical regimes encountered in these domains. We then describe experiments and numerical simulations performed in the particular conditions of a short-length cavity. The effect of cavity detuning on the stability of the laser is investigated. We also report and characterize the dynamics of a Brillouin laser emitting two Stokes components.

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