High-power, high signal-to-noise ratio single-frequency 1 μm Brillouin all-fiber laser.

We demonstrate a high-power, high signal-to-noise ratio single-frequency Brillouin all-fiber laser with high slope efficiency at 1 μm wavelength. The laser is pumped by an amplified single-longitudinal-mode distributed Bragg reflector fiber laser with a linewidth of 33 kHz. By optimizing the length of the Brillouin ring cavity to 10 m, stable single-frequency Brillouin fiber laser is obtained with 3 kHz linewidth owing to the linewidth narrowing effect. At the launched pump power of 2.15 W, the Brillouin fiber laser generates maximum output power of 1.4 W with a slope efficiency of 79% and the optical signal-to-noise ratio of 77 dB.