Raman fiber lasers as pumps for Raman amplification

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4870, Issue , 2002, Pages 191-205

  Headley, Clifford ^a   Bouteiller, Jean Christophe ^a   Mermelstein, Marc ^a   Brar, Khush ^a   Horn, Christopher ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual order; Multiwavelength; Nonlinear optics; Raman amplification; Raman fiber lasers; Stimulated Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

IONS; LASER MODES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

RAMAN AMPLIFICATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0036421472     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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