Influence of classical pump noise on long-pulse multiorder stimulated Raman scattering in optical fiber

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2727-2736

  Garcia, Leticia ^a   Jenkins, James ^a   Lee, Yoon ^a   Poole, Nicholas ^a   Salit, Ken ^a   Sidereas, Panagiotis ^a   Goedde, Christopher G ^a   Thompson, John R ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

Q SWITCHING; RAMAN SCATTERING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

PULSE ENERGY STATISTICS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0141676077     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002727     Document Type: Article

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