Stretched Ultrashort Pulses for High Repetition Rate Swept-Wavelength Raman Pumping

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-78

  Nicholson, Jeffrey W ^a   Fini, John M ^a   Bouteiller, Jean Christophe ^a   Bromage, Jake ^b   Brar, K ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b OFS   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communications; Pulsed lasers; Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PUMPING (LASER); RAMAN SCATTERING; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIERS; PULSED LASERS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 1442336478     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.823355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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