Raman-assisted three-wave mixing of non-phase-matched waves in optical fibres: Application to wide-range frequency conversion

Optics Communications

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 107-121

  Tchofo Dinda, P ^a   Seve, E ^a   Millot, G ^a   Sylvestre, T ^b   Maillotte, H ^b   Lantz, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optical fibres; Parametric wave mixing; Stimulated Raman scattering; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; GAIN CONTROL; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RAMAN SCATTERING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

PARAMETRIC WAVE MIXING; WIDE-RANGE FREQUENCY CONVERSIONS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0035873766     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(01)01172-5     Document Type: Article

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