Experimental observation of fundamental and harmonic self pulse generation of single high-order Stokes in Brillouin Erbium fiber laser

Fundamental and harmonic self-pulse generation was experimentally observed on both first order and higher order Stokes components. The generated pulses with the same order harmonic repetition rate are obtained on multiple Stokes components simultaneously. The pulse generation on first order Stokes component can be attributed to periodic pump depletion in Brillouin gain medium. The pulse generation of high order Stokes component can be considered as pulse oscillation pumped by the former order Stokes. With high Erbium pump power, by setting the proper attenuation between Brillouin medium and Faraday rotation mirror, the harmonic pulse generations up to fifth order have been achieved.