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Vlasov, A. A.

Publications and source records attributed to Vlasov, A. A..

3 records

DOE OSTI2018

Narrow-band fibre reflector based on a fibre Bragg grating reflection interferometer

Narrow-band filtering in reflected light using a reflection interferometer with a fibre Bragg grating (FBG) as its back mirror is demonstrated for the first time. The reflection interferometer is made in SMF-28e single-mode fibre, and the faces of its front mirror, which includes a thin metallic film, differ in reflectance. The reflection bandwidth of a test sample is 0.5 pm (62 MHz) at a wavelength of 1556 nm (Q-factor of 3 × 10{sup 6}), its maximum reflectance is 0.21, and its contrast is 10{sup 2}. The use of a narrow-band FBG instead of thin-film broadband mirrors allows spectral selection to be significantly improved owing to an increase in the length of the interferometer base. (paper)

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSIC↗

DOE OSTI2017

Acoustic vibrations in integrated electro-optic modulators on substrates of lithium niobate

The processes of the excitation of acoustic vibrations and their influence on the optical signals in integrated electro-optic modulators on substrates of lithium niobate have been investigated. The resonant frequencies of the excitation of substrate vibrational modes have been determined. It has been shown that acoustic vibrations can make a significant contribution to the modulator transfer characteristic at frequencies up to several hundred megahertz, which should be taken into account when using the modulators at low frequencies, for example, as a part of fiber-optic sensors.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗

DOE OSTI2017

FBG array-based random distributed feedback Raman fibre laser

We have demonstrated the possibility of making a Raman laser with a random distributed feedback ensured by an array of 57 fibre Bragg gratings with random phases and amplitudes inscribed in a 13-m-long polarisation-maintaining passive fibre. The linearly polarised cw output power at a wavelength of 1092.3 nm reaches 5.7 W. The laser linewidth at the highest output power is about 80 pm. In the nearthreshold regime, we observe single-frequency lasing with a linewidth under 100 kHz as determined by self-heterodyne measurements. (paper)

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSIC↗