Experimental study of stimulated Brillouin and Raman scatterings in a Q-switched cladding-pumped fiber laser

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-214

  Wang, Yong ^a,b   Martinez Rios, Alejandro ^c   Po, Hong ^a  

^a Lasersharp Corporation   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cladding pumped; Fiber laser; Q switched; Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS); Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS)

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CLADDING (COATING); ESTIMATION; LASER PULSES; Q SWITCHING; RAMAN SCATTERING; RANGE FINDING; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIMING JITTER; YTTERBIUM;

CLADDING-PUMPED LASERS; Q-SWITCHED LASERS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING (SBS); STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING (SRS);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 1642373786     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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