Theory and numerical simulation of nth-order cascaded Raman fiber lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1297-1306

  Jackson, Stuart D ^a   Muir, Paul H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CASCADE CONNECTIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

RAMAN FIBER LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0035622454     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001297     Document Type: Article

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