Nature Communications (May 2017)

Turbulence hierarchy in a random fibre laser

  • Iván R. Roa González,
  • Bismarck C. Lima,
  • Pablo I. R. Pincheira,
  • Arthur A. Brum,
  • Antônio M. S. Macêdo,
  • Giovani L. Vasconcelos,
  • Leonardo de S. Menezes,
  • Ernesto P. Raposo,
  • Anderson S. L. Gomes,
  • Raman Kashyap

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15731
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Random fibre lasers constitute a class of lasers where the optical feedback is provided by multiple scattering in a disordered system. Here, Gonzálezet al. theoretically and experimentally study the statistical turbulence behaviour in relation to the lasing transition in such lasers.