Wavelength and duration-tunable 10-GHz 1.3-ps pulse source using dispersion decreasing fiber-based distributed Raman amplification

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1167-1169

  Kogure, T ^a,b   Lee, J H ^a   Richardson, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed amplifiers; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulse compression; Optical solitons; Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; LASER TUNING; LIGHT SOURCES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLITONS;

DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER; DISTRIBUTED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 1942500915     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.824645     Document Type: Article

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